TITLE
© 2006
Medical Intelligence Unit
Immunology of Pregnancy
Autors
Editors: Gil Mor M.D., Ph.D
ISBN
ISBN: 978-0-387-30612-4 (Print) 978-0-387-34944-2 (Online)
FORMAT
(PDF, 23079 KB)
About
Reproductive Immunology is a growing area in both immunology and reproductive sciences and is helping us to better understand several complications of pregnancy. Immunology of Pregnancy is the first book to give a complete and up to date review of our knowledge related to the role of the immune system during pregnancy and the interactions between the placenta and the maternal immune system.
This new title covers in detail all the different hypotheses and studies related to the immunology of implantation and provide a practical approach for the application of basic reproductive immunology research to pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia, pre-term labor and IUGR
Table of Contents
(24 chapters)
1. Evolution of the Mammalian Reproductive Tract and Placentation
2. Toll-Like Receptors and Pregnancy
3. IL-10 and Pregnancy
4. Th1/Th2 Balance of the Implantation Site in Humans
5. The Regulation of Human Trophoblast Apoptosis and Survival during Pregnancy
6. Macrophages and Pregnancy
7. Potential Role of Glucocorticoids in the Pathophysiology of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
8. NK Cells and Pregnancy
9. The Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) on Implantation and Immunotolerance of the Fetus
10. Indoleamine 2,3 Dioxygenase-Dependent T Cell Suppression and Pregnancy
11. Leukemia Inhibitory Factor in Reproduction
12. Characterization of Human Dendritic Cells at the Materno-Fetal Interface
13. MHC Molecules of the Preimplantation Embryo and Trophoblast
14. Actions of Seminal Plasma Cytokines in Priming Female Reproductive Tract Receptivity for Embryo Implantation
15. B7 Family Molecules in the Placenta
16. The Role of Regulatory T Cells in Materno-Fetal Tolerance
17. The Eutherian Fetoembryonic Defense System Hypothesis: An Update
18. The Nature and Role of the Decidual T Cells
19. Trophoblast Cells as Immune Regulators
20. Inherited Thrombophilias and Early Pregnancy Loss
21. Bi-Directional Cell Trafficking during Pregnancy
22. Term and Preterm Parturition
23. Interleukin-1 and Implantation
24. Immunology and Pregnancy Losses
