Total white blood cell counts and LPS-induced TNFα production by monocytes of pregnant, pseudopregnant and cyclic rats

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-52

  Faas, M M ^a   Moes, H ^a   Van Der Schaaf, G ^a   De Leij, L F M H ^a   Heineman, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Monocytes; Placenta; Pregnancy; Progesterone; TNF ; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULA; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0042668420     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(03)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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