Gonadotrophin stimulation in IVF alters the immune cell profile in follicular fluid and the cytokine concentrations in follicular fluid and serum

Human Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 820-831

  Kollmann, Z ^a   Schneider, S ^a   Fux, M ^b   Bersinger, N A ^a   Von Wolff, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cytokines; in vitro fertilization; leucocytes; natural cycle; ovarian stimulation

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; ANGIOGENIC PROTEIN; PTPRC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVULATION; SERUM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANTIGENS, CD45; ANTIGENS, CD8; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICULAR FLUID; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 85016966054     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dex005     Document Type: Article

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