Progesterone promotes maternal-fetal tolerance by reducing human maternal T-cell polyfunctionality and inducing a specific cytokine profile

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2858-2872

  Lissauer, David ^a   Eldershaw, Suzy A ^a   Inman, Charlotte F ^a   Coomarasamy, Aravinthan ^a   Moss, Paul A H ^a   Kilby, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; IL 4; Maternal fetal tolerance; Progesterone; T cell

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS WASTAGE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84943199836     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201445404     Document Type: Article

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