The number of CD68+ (Hofbauer) cells is decreased in placentas with chorioamnionitis and with advancing gestational age

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 300-304

  Vinnars, Marie Therese N ^a   Rindsjö, Erika ^a   Ghazi, Sam ^a   Sundberg, Anders ^a   Papadogiannakis, Nikos ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CD68; Chorioamnionitis; Hofbauer; Placental macrophages

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HOFBAUER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; TERM BIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADULT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPHAGES; NEUTROPHILS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 79952058968     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-03-0632-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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