An imbalance between innate and adaptive immune cells at the maternal-fetal interface occurs prior to endotoxin-induced preterm birth

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 462-473

  Arenas Hernandez, Marcia ^a,b,c   Romero, Roberto ^b,c,d,e,f   St Louis, Derek ^a,b,c   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b,c   Kaye, Emily B ^a   Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presenting cells; effector T cells; inflammation; labor; lipopolysaccharide; macrophages; microbial product; neutrophils; pregnancy; preterm labor; regulatory T cells

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; MURINE MODEL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; TH17 CELL; UTERINE TISSUE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; UTERUS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOKINES; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 84977517138     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2015.22     Document Type: Article

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