Distinct transcriptional and alternative splicing signatures of decidual CD4+ T cells in early human pregnancy

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2017, Pages

  Zeng, Weihong ^a   Liu, Zhicui ^a   Liu, Xinmei ^a   Zhang, Siming ^a   Khanniche, Asma ^a   Zheng, Ying ^a   Ma, Xiaoling ^a   Yu, Tiantian ^a   Tian, Fuju ^a   Liu, Xiao Rui ^a   Fan, Jianxia ^a   Lin, Yi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Decidual CD4+ T cells; Early human pregnancy; High throughput mRNA sequencing; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RIBOSOME; RNA ISOLATION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020429964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00682     Document Type: Article

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