Reduced uterine indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase versus increased Th1/Th2 cytokine ratios as a basis for occult and clinical pregnancy failure in mice and humans

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-216

  Clark, David A ^a,b,c,d   Blois, Sandra ^a   Kandil, Judith ^a   Handjiski, Bori ^a   Manuel, Justin ^a   Arck, Petra C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Decidua; Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase; Infertility; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECIDUA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; KERATINS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 24944455211     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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