IL-6 trans-signaling and the frequency of CD4+FOXP3+ cells in women with reproductive failure

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-165

  Arruvito, L ^a,b   Billordo, A ^a   Capucchio, M ^a   Prada, M E ^a   Fainboim, L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

IL 6 trans signaling; Paternal alloimmunization; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; ALLOANTIGEN; ANTISERUM; CD4 ANTIGEN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6ST PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; INTERLEUKIN-6; ISOANTIGENS; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 77953437211     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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