Co-ordinate expression of Th1/Th2 phenotypes in maternal and fetal blood: Evidence for a transplacental nexus

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Tse, Doris B ^a   Young, Bruce K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Perinatal immunity; Preterm labor; Transplacental nexus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; EOTAXIN; EXOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHEMOKINE CCL11; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CCR3; RECEPTORS, CCR4; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 84856819591     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.131     Document Type: Article

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