Menstrual blood closely resembles the uterine immune micro-environment and is clearly distinct from peripheral blood.

van der Molen, R G; Schutten, J H F; van Cranenbroek, B; ter Meer, M; Donckers, J; Scholten, R R; van der Heijden, O W H; Spaanderman, M E A; Joosten, I

van der Molen, R G; Schutten, J H F; van Cranenbroek, B; ter Meer, M; Donckers, J; Scholten, R R; van der Heijden, O W H; Spaanderman, M E A; Joosten, I.

Affiliation

van der Molen RG; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory for Medical Immunology, Radboud University Medical Center, PO box 9101, Internal Mail 469, Nijmegen 6500 HB, The Netherlands.

Hum Reprod ; 29(2): 303-14, 2014 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24249743

Subject(s)

Blood/immunology; Menstruation/immunology; Uterus/immunology; Adult; Area Under Curve; Endometrium/immunology; Female; Granzymes/blood; Humans; Interferon-gamma/blood; Interleukin-15/blood; Interleukin-2/blood; Killer Cells, Natural/immunology; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology; Lymphocytes/cytology; Phenotype; ROC Curve

Key words

CD56; NK cells; endometrium; menstrual blood

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Uterus / Blood / Menstruation Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans Language: En Journal: Hum Reprod Journal subject: MEDICINA REPRODUTIVA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands

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