CD56+ cells are recruited to the uterus in two waves: At ovulation and during the first 2 weeks after missed menses

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-98

  van den Heuvel, Marianne J ^a   Hatta, Kota ^a   Peralta, Crystal G ^a   Han, Victor K ^a   Clark, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion assay; CD56bright NK cells; Flow cytometry; IVIG; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CD56 ANTIGEN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD56+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIGAND BINDING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL ADHESION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 38349078251     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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