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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 59, Issue 2, Pages 90-98Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2007.00546.x
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adhesion assay; CD56(bright) NK cells; flow cytometry; IVIG; trafficking
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Problem Uterine natural killer (uNK) cells are enriched in the post-ovulatory uterus and during pregnancy. Whether these cells arise from blood pre-cursors or from stem cells in the uterus is undefined. To support a hypothesis that precursors of uNK cells are recruited from blood, adhesive function of blood CD56(+) subsets were assessed during one cycle and during pregnancy. Method of study Fifteen women of proven fertility provided serial blood samples during one menstrual cycle and thirty women with a history of implantation failure or recurrent spontaneous abortion provided serial samples during infertility treatment. Results CD56(bright) cells, but not CD56(dim) cells or NKT cells, increased in ligand-binding capacity during ovulation in fertile cycles only and during the first 2 weeks from date of missed menses. Conclusion Enhanced adhesive function at ovulation in CD56(bright) cells in fertile cycles and during early gestation supports a hypothesis of recruitment of pre-uNK cells from the blood CD56(bright) subset.
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