Adoptive transfer of pregnancy-induced CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells reverses the increase in abortion rate caused by interleukin 17 in the CBA/J×BALB/c mouse model

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 946-952

  Wang, Wen Juan ^a   Liu, Fu Jun ^a   Xin Liu, ^a   Hao, Cui Fang ^a   Bao, Hong Chu ^a   Qu, Qing Lan ^a   Liu, Xue Mei ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

interleukin 17; miscarriage; pregnancy; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ABORTION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; CBA MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84898867935     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu014     Document Type: Article

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