BIDIRECTIONAL CYTOKINE INTERACTIONS IN THE MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONSHIP - IS SUCCESSFUL PREGNANCY A TH2 PHENOMENON
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WEGMANN, TG
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WEGMANN, TG
LIN, H
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LIN, H
GUILBERT, L
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GUILBERT, L
MOSMANN, TR
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MOSMANN, TR
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IMMUNOLOGY TODAY
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1993年
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14卷
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07期
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D O I:
10.1016/0167-5699(93)90235-D
中图分类号:
R392 [医学免疫学];
Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号:
100102 ;
摘要:
Pregnant females are susceptible to intracellular pathogens and are biased towards humoral rather than cell-mediated immunity. Since T(H)1 cytokines compromise pregnancy and T(H)2 cytokines are produced at the maternal-fetal interface, we hypothesize that these T(H)2 cytokines inhibit T(H)1 responses, improving fetal survival but impairing responses against some pathogens.