Placental immunopathology in the FIV-infected cat: a role for inflammation in compromised pregnancy?

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-47

  Coats, Karen S ^a   Boudreaux, Crystal E ^a   Clay, Brittany T ^a   Lockett, Nikki N ^a   Scott, Veronica L ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feline immunodeficiency virus; Mother to child transmission; Placental cytokines; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

CAT DISEASE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FETUS RESORPTION; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LENTIVIRUS;

EID: 75949098498     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2009.10.007     Document Type: Review

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