No difference in natural-killer-T cell population, but Th2/Tc2 predominance in peripheral blood of recurrent aborters

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 334-339

  Shimada, Shigeki ^a,b   Iwabuchi, Kazuya ^b   Kato, Emi H ^a   Morikawa, Mamoru ^a   Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a   Onoé, Kazunori ^b   Minakami, Hisanori ^a   Yamada, Hideto ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Natural killer T cell; Recurrent spontaneous abortion; T cytotoxic 2; T helper 2

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR ALPHA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; LUTEAL PHASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0141793971     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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