Within-woman change in regulatory T cells from pregnancy to the postpartum period

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Wegienka, Ganesa ^a   Havstad, Suzanne ^a   Bobbitt, Kevin R ^a   Woodcroft, Kimberley J ^a   Zoratti, Edward M ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Cole Johnson, Christine ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ASTHMA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PARITY; PETS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 78650247148     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.06.157     Document Type: Article

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