Embryonic trophoblasts induce decidual regulatory T cell differentiation and maternal-fetal tolerance through thymic stromal lymphopoietin instructing dendritic cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1502-1511

  Du, Mei Rong ^a   Guo, Pei Fen ^a,b   Piao, Hai Lan ^a   Wang, Song Cun ^a   Sun, Chan ^a   Jin, Li Ping ^a   Tao, Yu ^a   Li, Yan Hong ^a   Zhang, Di ^a   Zhu, Rui ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   Li, Da Jin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Province Armed Police Corps Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD11C+ DENDRITIC CELL; CD4+ CD25+ FOXP3+ REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25- T LYMPHOCYTE; CD56BRIGHT CD16- NATURAL KILLER CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TH3 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD11C; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH2 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPHOBLASTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896708457     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203425     Document Type: Article

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