Prevention of spontaneous abortion in the CBA × DBA/2 mouse model by intravaginal TGF-β and local recruitment of CD4+ 8+ FOXP3+ cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 525-534

  Clark, David A ^a   Fernandez, Jason ^a   Banwatt, Daljeet ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pregnancy immunology; Regulatory T cells; Spontaneous abortion; TGF

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; LATENCY ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ADOLESCENT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EMBRYO RESORPTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VAGINA MUCOSA;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

EID: 43849107763     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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