Increased uNK Progenitor Cells in Women With Endometriosis and Infertility are Associated With Low Levels of Endometrial Stem Cell Factor

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 493-502

  Thiruchelvam, Uma ^a   Wingfield, Mary ^b,c   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a,d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; NK development; Uterine natural killer cell

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STROMA CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELL; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL FACTOR;

EID: 84959238654     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12486     Document Type: Article

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