Evidence for a Role for the Adaptive Immune Response in Human Term Parturition

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 212-230

  Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,b,c   Vega Sanchez, Rodrigo ^a   Castillo Castrejon, Marisol ^d   Romero, Roberto ^c   Cubeiro Arreola, Karen ^e   Vadillo Ortega, Felipe ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemokines; Choriodecidua; Chorion; Cytokines; Decidua; Labor; Leukocytes; Memory T cells; Pregnancy; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTEGRIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GELATINASE B; INTEGRIN ALPHA L; INTEGRIN ALPHA M; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 2; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PADGEM PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMNION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LABOR; LEUKOCYTE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MONOCYTE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TERM BIRTH;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CXCL10; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-8; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOKINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84873526933     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12074     Document Type: Article

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