[Immunophysiology of normal pregnancy. Part I. Immunoregulatory mechanisms inside the maternal-fetal interface]

Jacek R Wilczyński; Andrzej Malinowski; Marian Szpakowski

[Immunophysiology of normal pregnancy. Part I. Immunoregulatory mechanisms inside the maternal-fetal interface]

Ginekol Pol. 2004 Jun;75(6):482-95.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Jacek R Wilczyński¹, Andrzej Malinowski, Marian Szpakowski

Affiliation

¹ Klinika Chirurgii Ginekologicznej Instytutu CZMP w Lodzi.

PMID: 15524426

Abstract

Contemporary opinions concerning the function of decidual NK cells, T and B lymphocytes as well as macrophages and neutrophils in normal pregnancy were presented in the paper. Maintenance of proper Th1/Th2 balance concerning cytokines produced by trophoblast, decidua and decidual infiltrating immunological cells was also precisely described.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

B-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
Cytokines / immunology
Female
Fetus / immunology*
Fetus / physiology
Humans
Killer Cells, Natural / immunology
Macrophages / immunology
Maternal-Fetal Exchange / immunology*
Maternal-Fetal Exchange / physiology
Neutrophils / immunology
Pregnancy / immunology*
Pregnancy / physiology
T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology

Substances

Cytokines