Blockage of Heme Oxygenase-1 abrogates the protective effect of regulatory T cells on murine pregnancy and promotes the maturation of dendritic cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Schumacher, Anne ^a   Wafula, Paul Ojiambo ^b   Teles, Ana ^a   El Mousleh, Tarek ^a   Linzke, Nadja ^a   Zenclussen, Maria Laura ^a   Langwisch, Stefanie ^a   Heinze, Kristina ^a   Wollenberg, Ivonne ^b   Casalis, Pablo Ariel ^b   Volk, Hans Dieter ^b   Fest, Stefan ^c   Zenclussen, Ana Claudia ^a,b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTOPORPHYRINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84865023491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042301     Document Type: Article

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