Increased natural killer cell cytotoxicity and IL-2 production in recurrent spontaneous abortion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Hadinedoushan, Hossein ^a,b   Mirahmadian, Mahroo ^a   Aflatounian, Abbas ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research and Clinical Centre for Infertility   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytokine; NK cytotoxicity; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUPERNATANT; TARGET CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 35148898349     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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