Helios-positive functional regulatory T cells are decreased in decidua of miscarriage cases with normal fetal chromosomal content

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-19

  Inada, Kumiko ^a   Shima, Tomoko ^a   Ito, Mika ^a   Ushijima, Akemi ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Effector Treg; Helios; Human pregnancy; Miscarriage; Naturally occurring Treg

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HELIOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKZF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EFFECTOR CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS KARYOTYPING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRISOMY 15; TRISOMY 16; TRISOMY 21; TRISOMY 22; TRISOMY 8; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; IMMUNOLOGY; KARYOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KARYOTYPE; MICE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84921059495     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.09.053     Document Type: Article

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