The Balance of the Immune System between T Cells and NK Cells in Miscarriage

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 304-310

  Nakashima, Akitoshi ^a   Shima, Tomoko ^a   Inada, Kumiko ^a   Ito, Mika ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decidual NK cell; Granulysin; Miscarriage; Regulatory T cell; Th17 cell

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; GRANULYSIN; GRANZYME B; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; PERFORIN;

APOPTOSIS; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; TH17 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1-TH2 BALANCE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84858709241     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01115.x     Document Type: Review

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