Fluctuation of peripheral blood T, B, and NK cells during a menstrual cycle of normal healthy women

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 756-762

  Lee, Sungki ^a   Kim, Jeeyun ^a   Jang, Byungwoo ^a   Hur, Sungeun ^a   Jung, Unsuk ^a   Kil, Kihyun ^a   Na, Baegju ^a   Lee, Millina ^b   Choi, Youngmin ^c   Fukui, Atsushi ^d   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^e   Kwak Kim, Joanne Y ^e  

^a Konyang University   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956197636     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0904192     Document Type: Article

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