What are the roles of macrophages and monocytes in human pregnancy?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-80

  Tang, Mao Xing ^a   Hu, Xiao Hui ^a   Liu, Zhao Zhao ^a   Kwak Kim, Joanne ^b   Liao, Ai Hua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrophage; Monocyte; Pre eclampsia; Pregnancy; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD32 ANTIGEN; CD64 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUROPILIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BIRTH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MONOCYTES; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84947724924     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2015.08.001     Document Type: Review

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