Regulatory T cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 588-595

  Tower, Clare ^a,b   Mathen, Stephy ^a,b   Crocker, Ian ^b   Bruce, Ian N ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Regulatory T cell; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYCLOSPORIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RAMIPRIL; RITUXIMAB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH17 CELL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84877722570     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12081     Document Type: Article

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