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Down-regulated expression of perforin-positive/CD16+ cells in the peripheral blood lymphocytes in the first trimester of pregnancy and up-regulation at the end of pregnancy.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Sept 1997
Rukavina D, Podack E R, Rubesa G, Spanjol-Pandelo S, Randic L
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PROBLEM: Immunophenotypic profiles of perforin (P)-positive peripheral blood lymphocytes in the first trimester and at the term of human pregnancy were analyzed. METHOD OF STUDY: Perforin expression in peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets was measured by simultaneous detection of P (intracellular antigen) and cell-surface antigens (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD16, and CD56) by flow cytometry in nonpregnant (NP) and pregnant...
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