FOXP3+ regulatory T cells and T helper 1, T helper 2, and T helper 17 cells in human early pregnancy decidua

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 698-705

  Mjösberg, Jenny ^a   Berg, Göran ^a   Jenmalm, Maria C ^a   Ernerudh, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decidua; FOXP3; Immunology; Implantation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MISOPROSTOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

MURINAE;

EID: 77952954680     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.081208     Document Type: Article

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