Phenotype of NK Cells and Cytotoxic/Apoptotic Mediators Expression in Ectopic Pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 347-358

  Laskarin, Gordana ^a   Redzovic, Arnela ^a   Vukelic, Petar ^b   Veljkovic, Danijela ^a   Gulic, Tamara ^a   Haller, Herman ^b   Rukavina, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Ectopic pregnancy; Granulysin; NK cells; NK receptors; Perforin

Indexed keywords

FAS LIGAND; FASLG PROTEIN, HUMAN; GNLY PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 15; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PERFORIN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TNFSF10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREGNANCY; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DECIDUA; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PERFORIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND;

EID: 79952291228     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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