Induction of endometriosis alters the peripheral and endometrial regulatory T cell population in the non-human primate

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1712-1722

  Braundmeier, A ^a   Jackson, K ^a   Hastings, J ^b   Koehler, J ^a   Nowak, R ^a   Fazleabas, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Fertility; Pathogenesis; Primate; Regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; CELL SELECTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PAPIO ANUBIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861537796     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des083     Document Type: Article

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