NK cells, autoantibodies, and immunologic infertility: A complex interplay

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-175

  De Carolis, Caterina ^c   Perricone, Carlo ^a   Perricone, Roberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

APS; Autoantibodies; Immunologic infertility; NK cells; Recurrent spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DECIDUALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFERTILITY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFERTILITY; INTERLEUKINS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; PREGNANCY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 78149468907     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-009-8184-4     Document Type: Review

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