Immune cells in term and preterm labor

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 571-581

  Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a   StLouis, Derek ^a   Lehr, Marcus A ^a   Sanchez Rodriguez, Elly N ^a   Arenas Hernandez, Marcia ^a  

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

Author keywords

B cells; Cytotoxic T cells; Dendritic cells; Macrophages; Mast cells; Neutrophils; NKT cells; Parturition; Preterm delivery; Regulatory T cells; T cells

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; STROMELYSIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; AUTACOID; CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LABOR; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84988447239     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2014.46     Document Type: Article

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