Estrogen-dependent regulation of human uterine natural killer cells promotes vascular remodelling via secretion of CCL2

Human Reproduction

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1290-1301

  Gibson, D A ^a   Greaves, E ^a   Critchley, H O D ^a   Saunders, P T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; chemokine (C C motif) ligand 2 CCL2; estradiol; estrogen receptor b; uterine natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FULVESTRANT; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR 1; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; VASCULOTROPIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA CHEMOKINE; XCL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIME-LAPSE VIDEO MICROSCOPY; UTERUS; VASCULAR REMODELLING; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION (PROCESS); VASCULAR REMODELING;

CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOKINES, C; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; UTERUS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84939618585     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev067     Document Type: Article

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