Immunoendocrine mechanisms associated with resistance or susceptibility to parasitic diseases during pregnancy

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-121

  Vargas Villavicencio, José Antonio ^a,b   De León Nava, Marco A ^a   Morales Montor, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Immune response; Parasitic infections; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GONADOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FETUS WASTAGE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HORMONES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PARASITEMIA; PARASITIC DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 60149094659     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000180266     Document Type: Review

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