VIP boosts regulatory T cell induction by trophoblast cells in an in vitro model of trophoblast–maternal leukocyte interaction

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-58

  Fraccaroli, Laura ^a   Grasso, Esteban ^a   Hauk, Vanesa ^a   Paparini, Daniel ^a   Soczewski, Elizabeth ^a   Mor, Gil ^b   Leirós, Claudia Pérez ^a   Ramhorst, Rosanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; iTreg; TGF ; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE ANTAGONIST; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LEUKOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPHOBLASTS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 84934760926     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1A1014-492RR     Document Type: Article

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