The Treg/Th17 Imbalance in Toxoplasma gondii-Infected Pregnant Mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-121

  Zhang, Haixia ^a   Hu, Xuemei ^a   Liu, Xianbing ^a   Zhang, Ruijin ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Xu, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adverse pregnancy outcome; CD4 +CD25 +Foxp3 + T cell; CD4 +IL 17 + T cell; T. gondii

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; TH17 CELL; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84855354473     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2011.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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