Fetal alloantigen is responsible for the expansion of the CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cell pool during pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-81

  Zhao, Jing xian ^a   Zeng, Yao ying ^a   Liu, Yi ^b  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Alloantigen; CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells; Estrogen; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; FETAL ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE FREQUENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LABOR INDUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FETUS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; ISOANTIGENS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 34548544016     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.06.052     Document Type: Article

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