Regulated suppression of NF-κB throughout pregnancy maintains a favourable cytokine environment necessary for pregnancy success

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Hadfield, Katrina A ^a   McCracken, Sharon A ^a   Ashton, Anthony W ^a   Nguyen, Tue G ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Human; Reproductive immunology; T cells; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; NF-KAPPA B; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1-TH2 BALANCE;

EID: 79955019811     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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