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Assessing whether progesterone-matured dendritic cells are responsible for retention of fertilization products in missed abortion.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Sept 2018
Laskarin Gordana, Gulic Tamara, Glavan Gacanin Lana, Dominovic Marin, Haller Herman, Rukavina Daniel
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We hypothesize that progesterone causes tolerogenic maturation of myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) in human decidua of threatened miscarriage or missed abortion characterized by a distinct phenotype and cytokine production, including reduction of the main NK cell proliferation and cytotoxic factor interleukin (IL)-15. During DC/NK cell interaction, progesterone-shaped DCs cannot efficiently multiply or equip NK...
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