Placental trophoblasts shifted Th1/Th2 balance toward Th2 and inhibited Th17 immunity at fetomaternal interface

APMIS

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 597-604

  Liu, Fengjuan ^a   Guo, Jing ^a   Tian, Ting ^a   Wang, Hanzhi ^a   Dong, Fanyi ^a   Huang, Hefeng ^a   Dong, Minyue ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Pregnancy; T cells; Tolerance; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT4 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80051884444     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02774.x     Document Type: Article

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