Pre-eclampsia is not associated with changes in the levels of regulatory T cells in peripheral blood

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 384-389

  Paeschke, Steffen ^a   Chen, Frank ^a   Horn, Nadja ^a   Fotopoulou, Christina ^a   Zambon Bertoja, Annarosa ^a   Sollwedel, Andre ^a   Zenclussen, Maria Laura ^a   Casalis, Pablo Ariel ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a   Volk, Hans Dieter ^a   Zenclussen, Ana Claudia ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Regulatory T cells (Tregs)

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 28644451726     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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