Uterine natural killer cells in peri-implantation endometrium from women with repeated implantation failure after IVF

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Tuckerman, Elizabeth ^a   Mariee, Najat ^b   Prakash, Alka ^b   Li, Tin C ^a   Laird, Susan ^c  

^a Biomedical Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD16+; CD56+; CD69+; Endometrium; Repeated implantation failure; Uterine natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 78449311269     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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