Th17 cells and regulatory T cells: New light on pathophysiology of preeclampsia

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-617

  Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RORC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFLAMMATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 77955654609     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: 14401711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/icb.2010.68     Document Type: Note

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