| Literature DB >> 8363725 |
T G Wegmann1, H Lin, L Guilbert, T R Mosmann.
Abstract
Pregnant females are susceptible to intracellular pathogens and are biased towards humoral rather than cell-mediated immunity. Since TH1 cytokines compromise pregnancy and TH2 cytokines are produced at the maternal-fetal interface, we hypothesize that these TH2 cytokines inhibit TH1 responses, improving fetal survival but impairing responses against some pathogens.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8363725 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(93)90235-D
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Today ISSN: 0167-5699