γ/δT-cell subsets, NKG2A expression and apoptosis of Vδ2+ T cells in pregnant women with or without risk of premature pregnancy termination

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 490-496

  Szereday, Laszlo ^a   Barakonyi, Aliz ^a   Miko, Eva ^a   Varga, Peter ^b   Szekeres Bartho, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

Author keywords

T cells; Apoptosis; CD94 NKG2A; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

KILLER IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LIPOCORTIN 5; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTORS;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0344961168     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.8755-8920.2003.00107.x     Document Type: Article

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