Peripheral Blood NK Cell Cytotoxicities are Negatively Correlated with CD8 + T Cells in Fertile Women but not in Women with a History of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-46

  Yoo, Ji Hee ^a   Kwak Kim, Joanne ^b   Han, Ae Ra ^b   Ahn, Hyunkyong ^a   Cha, Sun Hwa ^a   Koong, Mi Kyung ^a   Kang, In Soo ^a   Yang, Kwang Moon ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD3 + CD8 + T cell; Cytotoxic T cell; NK cell; NK cell cytolytic activity; Recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84861944081     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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