Preferential development of Th17 cells in offspring of immunostimulated pregnant mice

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 97-100

  Mandal, Mili ^a   Marzouk, Atara C ^a   Donnelly, Robert ^a   Ponzio, Nicholas M ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cytokines; IL 6; Pregnancy; Schizophrenia; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 78449284410     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.06.156     Document Type: Article

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