Changes of CD4+CD25high regulatory T cells and FOXP3 expression in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2244-2247

  Mei, Shanshan ^a,b   Tan, Jianping ^a   Chen, Hui ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU WOMEN AND CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Decidua; FOXP3; pregnancy; recurrent abortion; regulatory T cells; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL2RA PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECCURENT SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 78049238594     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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