In Vivo Suppression of Uterine Lymphocytes During Early Human Pregnancy
- 12 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 56 (2), 151-152
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016347709158358
Abstract
Lymphocytes were collected from the uterus in the 1st trimester before legal abortion. There was a significant suppression of both T [thymus-derived] and B [bone marrow-derived] cells from uterine blood as compared to those simultaneously collected from a peripheral cubital vein. Apparently an immunosuppressive factor is present in the retroplacental, maternal circulation. An in vivo function of a soluble immunosuppressive factor produced by the pregnant uterus was demonstrated.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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