IL-18 is present at the maternal-fetal interface and enhances cytotoxic activity of decidual lymphocytes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-200

  Tokmadzi, Vlatka S ^a   Tsuji, Yoshiyuki ^b   Bogovi, Tatjana ^a   Laškarin, Gordana ^a   Cupurdija, Kristijan ^a   Štrbo, Nataša ^a   Koyama, Koji ^b   Okamura, Haruki ^b   Podack, Eckhard R ^c   Rukavina, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; IL 18; IL 18 receptor; Perforin mediated cytotoxicity; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PERFORIN;

ADHERENT CELL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSTITIUM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 18544372260     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2002.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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