Modulation and recruitment of inducible regulatory T cells by first trimester trophoblast cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-27

  Ramhorst, Rosanna ^a   Fraccaroli, Laura ^a   Aldo, Paulomi ^b   Alvero, Ayesha B ^b   Cardenas, Ingrid ^b   Leirós, Claudia Perez ^a   Mor, Gil ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Human implantation; Regulatory T cells; Tolerance and pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RANTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MODULATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 83555174928     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2011.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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