The involvement of inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of recurrent miscarriage

Cytokine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Giannubilo, Stefano R ^a   Landi, Beatrice ^a   Pozzi, Valentina ^a   Sartini, Davide ^a   Cecati, Monia ^a   Stortoni, Piergiorgio ^a   Corradetti, Alessandra ^a   Saccucci, Franca ^a   Tranquilli, Andrea L ^a   Emanuelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Inflammation; PCR array; Recurrent miscarriage; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; CD25 GENE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERLEUKIN 25 GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENT ABORTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA 3 GENE; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84857458357     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: 10960023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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