Regulatory T-cell Differentiation Between Maternal and Cord Blood Samples in Pregnancies with Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery and with Elective Cesarian Section

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-179

  Bili, Helen ^a   Fleva, Alexandra ^b   Pados, George ^a   Argyriou, Theodoros ^a   Tsolakidis, Dimitrios ^a   Pavlitou, Aikaterini ^b   Tarlatzis, Basil C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

T cells; CD4+ 25high cells; Immunophenotype; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOCYTES; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650989283     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00910.x     Document Type: Article

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