| Literature DB >> 11872314 |
Peter M Emmer1, Eric A P Steegers, Marié Jose van Lierop, Régine P M Steegers-Theunissen, Yung Way Loke, Irma Joosten.
Abstract
Pregnancies affected by a neural tube defect show changes in thymus morphology, neonatal and maternal T-cell repertoire. Amniotic fluid levels of soluble human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G) (an immuno-modulatory protein) were found to be significantly lower as compared to controls. This may reflect a diminished cell-mediated immunity in neural tube defects.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11872314 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3782(01)00236-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Early Hum Dev ISSN: 0378-3782 Impact factor: 2.079