Phenotypic characterization of regulatory T cells in the human decidua

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 373-378

  Heikkinen, J ^a,b   Mottonen M ^a,b   Alanen, A ^a   Lassila, O ^a,b  

^a Turku University   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Human decidua; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CD134 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 2142771251     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02441.x     Document Type: Article

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