Correlation between natural cytotoxicity receptors and intracellular cytokine expression of peripheral blood NK cells in women with recurrent pregnancy losses and implantation failures

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 371-380

  Fukui, Atsushi ^a   Ntrivalas, Evangelos ^b   Fukuhara, Rie ^a   Fujii, Shunsaku ^a   Mizunuma, Hideki ^a   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^b   Beaman, Kenneth ^b   Kwak Kim, Joanne ^b,c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD56; Natural cytotoxicity receptors; NK cell; NK cytokines; NKp30; NKp44; NKp46

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING;

EID: 70450211787     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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