The endocrine milieu and CD4 T-lymphocyte polarization during pregnancy

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Polese, Barbara ^a   Gridelet, Virginie ^a   Araklioti, Eleni ^a   Martens, Henri ^a   d'Hauterive, Sophie Perrier ^a   Geenen, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Human chorionic gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Regulatory T cells; T helper 17 cells

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FETAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 21; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MANNOSE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMPLANTATION; INFERTILITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84905394402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00106     Document Type: Review

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