Cytokine networks in the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy

Abstract excerpt

Pregnancy is an immunological compromise geared towards inducing maternal immunopermissiveness that promotes tolerance of the foetal allograft. This process is mediated by an extensive array of cytokines, which operate in a highly coordinated and complex network system at both local (compartmentalized) and systemic levels. These glycoproteins also play an active role in gametogenesis and act as embryotrophins in...