Post-ovulatory rise of endometrial CD16(-) natural killer cells: in situ proliferation of residual cells or selective recruitment from circulating peripheral blood?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-53

  Kitaya, Kotaro ^a   Yamaguchi, Takeshi ^a   Yasuo, Tadahiro ^a   Okubo, Tomoharu ^a   Honjo, Hideo ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD16( ) NK cell; Endometrium; Post ovulatory rise

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; KI 67 ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; PROGESTERONE;

BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENSTRUATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG; UTERUS;

EID: 36048962714     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.03.010     Document Type: Review

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