Preimplantation factor inhibits circulating natural killer cell cytotoxicity and reduces CD69 expression: Implications for recurrent pregnancy loss therapy

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-87

  Roussev, Roumen G ^a   Dons'koi, Boris V ^a,d   Stamatkin, Christopher ^a,b,c   Ramu, Sivakumar ^b,c   Chernyshov, Viktor P ^b   Coulam, Carolyn B ^b,c   Barnea, Eytan R ^a,c,d,e  

^a CARI Testing Institute LLC   (United States)

^b STATE INSTITUTION NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR RADIATION MEDICINE OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^c Society for the Investigation of Early Pregnancy (SIEP)   (United States)

^d BioIncept LLC   (United States)

^e RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD69; NK cell cytotoxicity; Preimplantation factor (PIF); Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL); Therapy

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTRALIPID;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RECURRENT ABORTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84874105362     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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