Species differences in the effect of pregnancy on lymphocyte cytokine production between human and rat

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 946-953

  Faas, Marijke M ^a   Bouman, Annechien ^a   Van Nieuwenhoven, Angelique L Veenstra ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Gerda ^a   Moes, Henk ^a   Heineman, Maas Jan ^a   De Vos, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Follicular phase; Interferon ; Interleukin 4; Luteal phase; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; IONOPHORES; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; LYMPHOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 25644448155     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0405186     Document Type: Article

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