THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREGNANCY, HCS AND B LYMPHOCYTES
- 15 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Section C Immunology
- Vol. 84C (4), 313-318
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1976.tb00035.x
Abstract
The quantitative distribution of the lymphocyte subpopulations (B [bone marrow-derived], T [thymus-derived] and null) and the serum concentrations of human chorionic somatomammotropin (HCS), IgG [immunoglobulin G], IgM and IgA, the 4th complement component (C4) and C1 inactivator, were estimated in venous blood samples from 32 women at various stages of pregnancy and compared with a control series of 7 non-pregnant normal women. A significant decline in the B cell percentage during pregnancy was seen. The fall in the percentage of the B lymphocytes was concomitant with the rise in HCS concentration. No significant changes in the other parameters studied were present.Keywords
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