Immune-endocrine crosstalk during pregnancy

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2017, Pages 18-23

  Nair, Rohini R ^a   Verma, Priyanka ^b   Singh, Kiran ^b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Immune endocrine crosstalk; Immunomodulation; Maternal fetal interface; Semiallogeneic

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYTOCIN; PLACENTA LACTOGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; RELAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DENDRITIC CELL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

EID: 84960441542     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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