Gimme shelter: the immune system during pregnancy

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Women with Multiple Implantation Failures and Recurrent Pregnancy Losses have Increased Peripheral Blood T Cell Activation

(2010) Kwang Moon Yang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Th1/Th2/Th17 and Regulatory T-Cell Paradigm in Pregnancy

(2010) Shigeru Saito et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin from trophoblasts induces dendritic cell-mediated regulatory TH2 bias in the decidua during early gestation in humans

(2010) P.-F. Guo et al.   BLOOD

Rheumatic diseases and pregnancy

(2010) Elisabeth Märker-Hermann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Targeting B cells with biologics in systemic lupus erythematosus

(2010) Antonio La Cava   EXPERT OPINION ON BIOLOGICAL THERAPY

Functional regulation of thymic stromal lymphopoietin on proliferation and invasion of trophoblasts in human first-trimester pregnancy

(2010) H. X. Wu et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

The deregulation of regulatory T cells on interleukin-17-producing T helper cells in patients with unexplained early recurrent miscarriage

(2010) W.-J. Wang et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Foxp3+ T Cells Induce Perforin-Dependent Dendritic Cell Death in Tumor-Draining Lymph Nodes

(2010) Alexandre Boissonnas et al.   IMMUNITY

The Essential Functions of Adipo-osteogenic Progenitors as the Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Niche

(2010) Yoshiki Omatsu et al.   IMMUNITY

Immature NK Cells, Capable of Producing IL-22, Are Present in Human Uterine Mucosa

(2010) V. Male et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Inhibition of Immune Synapse by Altered Dendritic Cell Actin Distribution: A New Pathway of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Immune Regulation

(2010) A. Aldinucci et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

An Interaction between Kynurenine and the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Can Generate Regulatory T Cells

(2010) J. D. Mezrich et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Increased prevalence of T helper 17 (Th17) cells in peripheral blood and decidua in unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion patients

(2010) Wen-Juan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-mediated immune regulation of decidual leukocytes at the fetal–maternal interface

(2010) Tamara Tilburgs et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Fetal cell microchimerism develops through the migration of fetus-derived cells to the maternal organs early after implantation

(2010) Rei Sunami et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Regulatory T cells are necessary for implantation and maintenance of early pregnancy but not late pregnancy in allogeneic mice

(2010) Tomoko Shima et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Targeted inhibition of complement activation prevents features of preeclampsia in mice

(2010) Xiaoping Qing et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Mesenchymal and haematopoietic stem cells form a unique bone marrow niche

(2010) Simón Méndez-Ferrer et al.   NATURE

Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor induces human type 1 regulatory T cell–like and Foxp3+ regulatory T cells

(2010) Roopali Gandhi et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

SLE and pregnancy: the potential role for regulatory T cells

(2010) Clare Tower et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Dynamic Changes in Fetal Microchimerism in Maternal Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells, CD4+ and CD8+ cells in Normal Pregnancy

(2010) K.M. Adams Waldorf et al.   PLACENTA

REVIEW ARTICLE: Inflammation and Implantation

(2009) Nava Dekel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Soluble Human Leukocyte Antigen-G Isoforms in Maternal Plasma in Early and Late Pregnancy

(2009) Roberta Rizzo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Imbalance of T-cell Transcription Factors Contributes to the Th1 Type Immunity Predominant in Pre-eclampsia

(2009) Zhou Jianjun et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Seminal Fluid Drives Expansion of the CD4+CD25+ T Regulatory Cell Pool and Induces Tolerance to Paternal Alloantigens in Mice1

(2009) Sarah A. Robertson et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Fetal Cells in the Pregnant Mouse Are Diverse and Express a Variety of Progenitor and Differentiated Cell Markers1

(2009) Yutaka Fujiki et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Microchimerism is strongly correlated with tolerance to noninherited maternal antigens in mice

(2009) P. Dutta et al.   BLOOD

Amniotic Mesenchymal Tissue Cells Inhibit Dendritic Cell Differentiation of Peripheral Blood and Amnion Resident Monocytes

(2009) Marta Magatti et al.   CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Amnion: A Potent Graft Source for Cell Therapy in Stroke

(2009) Seong Jin Yu et al.   CELL TRANSPLANTATION

Leukemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-11: Critical regulators in the establishment of pregnancy

(2009) Premila Paiva et al.   CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS

Mesenchymal stem cells: immunobiology and role in immunomodulation and tissue regeneration

(2009) Jyoti A. Kode et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

The impact of pregnancy on rheumatoid arthritis outcome: The role of maternofetal HLA class II disparity

(2009) Saoussen Hassen Zrour et al.   JOINT BONE SPINE

Prospective identification, isolation, and systemic transplantation of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells in murine bone marrow

(2009) Satoru Morikawa et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Cross-Presentation of Male Seminal Fluid Antigens Elicits T Cell Activation to Initiate the Female Immune Response to Pregnancy

(2009) L. M. Moldenhauer et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Systemic Reduction of Functionally Suppressive CD4dimCD25highFoxp3+ Tregs in Human Second Trimester Pregnancy Is Induced by Progesterone and 17 -Estradiol

(2009) J. Mjosberg et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Systemic Increase in the Ratio between Foxp3+ and IL-17-Producing CD4+ T Cells in Healthy Pregnancy but Not in Preeclampsia

(2009) B. Santner-Nanan et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin Attracts Regulatory T Cells into the Fetal-Maternal Interface during Early Human Pregnancy

(2009) A. Schumacher et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Essential Role for Neutrophils but not Alveolar Macrophages at Early Time Points followingAspergillus fumigatusInfection

(2009) Monica M. Mircescu et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The regulatory role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in maternal–fetal immune tolerance during early human pregnancy

(2009) Da-Jin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Fetal–maternal HLA-C mismatch is associated with decidual T cell activation and induction of functional T regulatory cells

(2009) Tamara Tilburgs et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

IL-6 trans-signaling and the frequency of CD4+FOXP3+ cells in women with reproductive failure

(2009) L. Arruvito et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Activating T regulatory cells for tolerance in early pregnancy — the contribution of seminal fluid

(2009) Sarah A. Robertson et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A role for IL-17 in induction of an inflammation at the fetomaternal interface in preterm labour

(2009) Mika Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Adaptive immune features of natural killer cells

(2009) Joseph C. Sun et al.   NATURE

Tolerogenic signals delivered by dendritic cells to T cells through a galectin-1-driven immunoregulatory circuit involving interleukin 27 and interleukin 10

(2009) Juan M Ilarregui et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Galectin-1 and Semaphorin-3A Are Two Soluble Factors Conferring T-Cell Immunosuppression to Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell

(2009) Yves Lepelletier et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Reactivation of rheumatoid arthritis after pregnancy: Increased phagocyte and recurring lymphocyte gene activity

(2008) Thomas Häupl et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Mediated Immunosuppression Occurs via Concerted Action of Chemokines and Nitric Oxide

(2008) Guangwen Ren et al.   Cell Stem Cell

VEGF blockade inhibits angiogenesis and reepithelialization of endometrium

(2008) Xiujun Fan et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Characterization of natural killer cells in nonobese diabetic/severely compromised immunodeficient mice during pregnancy

(2008) Yi Lin et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Differential immunomodulatory effects of fetal versus maternal multipotent stromal cells

(2008) Dave L. Roelen et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Quantitative and qualitative deficiencies of regulatory T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

(2008) M. Bonelli et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

Natural agonists for aryl hydrocarbon receptor in culture medium are essential for optimal differentiation of Th17 T cells

(2008) Marc Veldhoen et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Circulating Microparticles in Normal Pregnancy and Pre-Eclampsia

(2008) C.W.G. Redman et al.   PLACENTA

Maternal Alloantigens Promote the Development of Tolerogenic Fetal Regulatory T Cells in Utero

(2008) J. E. Mold et al.   SCIENCE

Immune Properties of Human Umbilical Cord Wharton's Jelly-Derived Cells

(2008) Mark L. Weiss et al.   STEM CELLS

HLA-G: from biology to clinical benefits

(2008) Edgardo D. Carosella et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Altered dendritic cell function in normal pregnancy

(2007) V. Bachy et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Concise Review: Isolation and Characterization of Cells from Human Term Placenta: Outcome of the First International Workshop on Placenta Derived Stem Cells

(2007) Ornella Parolini et al.   STEM CELLS

Human Leukocyte Antigen-G5 Secretion by Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Is Required to Suppress T Lymphocyte and Natural Killer Function and to Induce CD4+CD25highFOXP3+Regulatory T Cells

(2007) Zohair Selmani et al.   STEM CELLS