CD4+ CD25+ regulatory T cells in human pregnancy: Development of a Treg-MLC-ELISPOT suppression assay and indications of paternal specific Tregs

Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-466

  Mjösberg, Jenny ^a   Berg, Göran ^b   Ernerudh, Jan ^a   Ekerfelt, Christina ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human; Regulatory T cells (Treg); Reproductive immunology; T cells, T helper type 1 and type 2 cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MIXED LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; ISOANTIGENS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33847664579     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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