An Increase of Treg Cells in the Peripheral Blood is Associated with a Better In Vitro Fertilization Treatment Outcome

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Zhou, Jianjun ^a,b   Wang, Zhiqun ^b   Zhao, Xia ^b   Wang, Junxia ^b   Sun, Haixiang ^b   Hu, Yali ^a,b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD25; CTLA4; Foxp3; in vitro fertilization; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CTLA-4 ANTIGEN; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863863377     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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