Uterine NK cells: active regulators at the maternal-fetal interface

Critical and Differential Roles of NKp46- and NKp30-Activating Receptors Expressed by Uterine NK Cells in Early Pregnancy

(2014) H. El Costa et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Killer Ig-Like Receptor Expression in Uterine NK Cells Is Biased toward Recognition of HLA-C and Alters with Gestational Age

(2014) A. M. Sharkey et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Endometrial NK Cells Are Special Immature Cells That Await Pregnancy

(2014) I. Manaster et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Unique Receptor Repertoire in Mouse Uterine NK cells

(2014) H. Yadi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Immunology of the Maternal-Fetal Interface

(2013) Adrian Erlebacher   Annual Review of Immunology

Peripheral natural killer cell activity as a predictor of recurrent pregnancy loss: a large cohort study

(2013) Kinue Katano et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Interventions to improve reproductive outcomes in women with elevated natural killer cells undergoing assisted reproduction techniques: a systematic review of literature

(2013) L. T. Polanski et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Distribution of decidual natural killer cells and macrophages in the neighbourhood of the trophoblast invasion front: a quantitative evaluation

(2013) C. Helige et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

A feasibility trial of screening women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage for high uterine natural killer cell density and randomizing to prednisolone or placebo when pregnant

(2013) A.-W. Tang et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Natural killer cells in female infertility and recurrent miscarriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2013) Srividya Seshadri et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Elevated Periimplantation Uterine Natural Killer Cell Density in Human Endometrium Is Associated With Impaired Corticosteroid Signaling in Decidualizing Stromal Cells

(2013) Keiji Kuroda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Maternal uterine NK cell–activating receptor KIR2DS1 enhances placentation

(2013) Shiqiu Xiong et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Fetal-derived adrenomedullin mediates the innate immune milieu of the placenta

(2013) Manyu Li et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

IL-2–dependent tuning of NK cell sensitivity for target cells is controlled by regulatory T cells

(2013) Georg Gasteiger et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Loss of immune escape mutations during persistent HCV infection in pregnancy enhances replication of vertically transmitted viruses

(2013) Jonathan R Honegger et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Co-evolution of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Class I Ligands with Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors (KIR) in a Genetically Diverse Population of Sub-Saharan Africans

(2013) Paul J. Norman et al.   PLoS Genetics

Human Cytomegalovirus Infection Elicits New Decidual Natural Killer Cell Effector Functions

(2013) Johan Siewiera et al.   PLoS Pathogens

DBA-Lectin Reactivity Defines Mouse Uterine Natural Killer Cell Subsets with Biased Gene Expression1

(2012) Zhilin Chen et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Uterine natural killer cells initiate spiral artery remodeling in human pregnancy

(2012) Andrew Robson et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Mutation at Positively Selected Positions in the Binding Site for HLA-C Shows That KIR2DL1 Is a More Refined but Less Adaptable NK Cell Receptor Than KIR2DL3

(2012) H. G. Hilton et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Fetal-Specific CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cell Responses Develop during Normal Human Pregnancy and Exhibit Broad Functional Capacity

(2012) D. Lissauer et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Pregnancy imprints regulatory memory that sustains anergy to fetal antigen

(2012) Jared H. Rowe et al.   NATURE

Dynamic Shift from CD85j/ILT-2 to NKG2D NK Receptor Expression Pattern on Human Decidual NK during the First Trimester of Pregnancy

(2012) Romain Marlin et al.   PLoS One

Chemokine Gene Silencing in Decidual Stromal Cells Limits T Cell Access to the Maternal-Fetal Interface

(2012) P. Nancy et al.   SCIENCE

The paternal role in pre-eclampsia and giving birth to a small for gestational age infant; a population-based cohort study

(2012) Anna-Karin Wikström et al.   BMJ Open

First Trimester Pregnancy Decidual Natural Killer Cells Contain and Spontaneously Release High Quantities of Granulysin

(2011) Danijela Veljkovic Vujaklija et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Progesterone and autoimmune disease

(2011) Grant C. Hughes   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Varicella-zoster virus (chickenpox) infection in pregnancy

(2011) Ronald F Lamont et al.   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cell Expansion Required for Sustaining Pregnancy Compromises Host Defense against Prenatal Bacterial Pathogens

(2011) Jared H. Rowe et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The effect of pregnancy on the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire

(2011) Victoria Male et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

NK Cells and Immune "Memory"

(2011) J. C. Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Maternal KIR and fetal HLA-C: a fine balance

(2011) Olympe Chazara et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: clinical and self-report scales

(2011) R. F. Neuteboom et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY

Disorders of implantation – are there diagnostic and therapeutic options?

(2011) Bettina Toth et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Ex vivo functional responses to HLA-G differ between blood and decidual NK cells

(2011) R. Apps et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Lupus and Pregnancy

(2011) Alan N. Baer et al.   OBSTETRICAL & GYNECOLOGICAL SURVEY

How does variability of immune system genes affect placentation?

(2011) F. Colucci et al.   PLACENTA

CD34+ hematopoietic precursors are present in human decidua and differentiate into natural killer cells upon interaction with stromal cells

(2011) P. Vacca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Paternal MHC expression on mouse trophoblast affects uterine vascularization and fetal growth

(2011) Z. Madeja et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The “Great Obstetrical Syndromes” are associated with disorders of deep placentation

(2010) Ivo Brosens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Natural killer cell-triggered vascular transformation: maternal care before birth?

(2010) Jianhong Zhang et al.   Cellular & Molecular Immunology

Lymphatics in the human endometrium disappear during decidualization

(2010) M. Volchek et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

High pregnancy rates with administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in ART-patients with repetitive implantation failure and lacking killer-cell immunglobulin-like receptors

(2010) W. Wurfel et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2

(2010) Susan E. Hiby et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Human Decidual Tissue Contains Differentiated CD8+ Effector-Memory T Cells with Unique Properties

(2010) T. Tilburgs et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

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

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

Pregnancy induces a fetal antigen-specific maternal T regulatory cell response that contributes to tolerance

(2010) D. A. Kahn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Crosstalk between decidual NK and CD14+ myelomonocytic cells results in induction of Tregs and immunosuppression

(2010) P. Vacca et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endometrial Decidualization: Of Mice and Men

(2010) Cyril Ramathal et al.   SEMINARS IN REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

Murine Endometrial and Decidual NK1.1+ Natural Killer Cells Display a B220+CD11c+ Cell Surface Phenotype1

(2009) Thomas V. Mallidi et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Influence of activating and inhibitory killer immunoglobulin-like receptors on predisposition to recurrent miscarriages

(2009) A. Moffett et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Immune cells in the placental bed

(2009) Judith N. Bulmer et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Dendritic cell entrapment within the pregnant uterus inhibits immune surveillance of the maternal/fetal interface in mice

(2009) Mary K. Collins et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

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

Severe 2009 H1N1 Influenza in Pregnant and Postpartum Women in California

(2009) Janice K. Louie et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Recruitment of circulating NK cells through decidual tissues: a possible mechanism controlling NK cell accumulation in the uterus during early pregnancy

(2008) C. Carlino et al.   BLOOD

Human natural killer cells

(2008) M. A. Caligiuri   BLOOD

The Fetal Allograft Revisited: Does the Study of an Ancient Invertebrate Species Shed Light on the Role of Natural Killer Cells at the Maternal-Fetal Interface?

(2008) Amy Lightner et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

Association of maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and parental HLA-C genotypes with recurrent miscarriage

(2008) S.E. Hiby et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) expression of primary trophoblast cells and placental cell lines, determined using single antigen beads to characterize allotype specificities of anti-HLA antibodies

(2008) Richard Apps et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Regulatory role of NKp44, NKp46, DNAM-1 and NKG2D receptors in the interaction between NK cells and trophoblast cells. Evidence for divergent functional profiles of decidual versus peripheral NK cells

(2008) P. Vacca et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

A critical look at HLA-G

(2008) Richard Apps et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY