Progesterone supplement in pregnancy: An immunologic therapy?

Lupus

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 639-642

  Ragusa, A ^a,c   De Carolis, C ^b   Dal Lago, A ^b   Miriello, D ^b   Ruggiero, G ^b   Brucato, A ^a   Pisoni, M P ^a   Muscara M ^a   Merati, R ^a   Maccario, L ^a   Nobili, M ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunological; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FERTILIZATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE ADHERENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; SUPPLEMENTATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 4644277662     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203304lu2007oa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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