Immunosuppressive effect of progesterone on dendritic cells in mice

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 17-23

  Xu, Yingping ^a   He, Hao ^a   Li, Chuanwei ^a   Shi, Yunzhi ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Song, Wengang ^a  

^a TAISHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Progesterone; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROGESTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3 T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 80052395330     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.06.101     Document Type: Article

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