Assessment of sperm antigen specific T regulatory cells in women with recurrent miscarriage

Early Human Development

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Liu, Chaodong ^a   Wang, Xian Zhong ^a   Sun, Xin Bo ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human study; Pregnancy; Recurrent miscarriage; Regulatory T cell; Sperm

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIGEN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME 13;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECURRENT ABORTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SPERMATOZOA; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

EID: 84871952071     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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