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Glycodelin-A modulates cytokine production of peripheral blood natural killer cells
Cheuk-Lun Lee1, Philip C N Chiu, Kevin K W Lam
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
Fertility and Sterility
|December 1, 2009
Abstract:
Glycodelin-A increased the secretion of interleukin-6, interleukin-13, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor from natural killer cells in the peripheral blood but does not affect their viability, cell death, and cytotoxicity. These data suggest that glycodelin-A contributes to the cytokine shift in early pregnancy.
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