The decidua basalis of developing mouse implantation sites is highly enriched in CD45+ leukocytes. In intact, syngeneically mated C57BL/6 decidua basalis examined at gestation day 8.5 by whole-mount in situ immunohistochemistry, leukocyte, but not trophoblast, conjugations were reported. Nothing is known regarding time course, frequency, composition, or importance of physiologic decidual CD45+ ...

background: schizophrenia has been associated with altered immunity. different studies regarding natural killer cell activity (nka) in schizophrenic patients have shown inconsistent results. objectives: to evaluate nk cell activity in schizophrenic patients in comparison with healthy control individuals.   methods: 30 medication-free schizophrenic patients and 41 healthy sex, age and smoking st...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) and neuromyelitis optica (nmo) are inflammatory and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (cns). nk cells are supposed to play an important role in the pathophysiology of ms, but their role in the nmo remains unknown. the aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of different subpopulations of nk cells in the patients with ms and nmo and ...

There are many unanswered questions surrounding the function of immune cells and how they interact with reproductive system to support successful pregnancy or contribute pathologies. While role such as uterine natural killer dendritic cells, more recently regulatory T has been established, another major cell population, B cell, particularly is relatively poorly understood. This review outlines ...

The effect of natural killer (NK) cells and lymphokine activated killer ( LAK) cells was studied on a group of human melanoma cell lines. Peripheral blood from healthy volunteers was utilized as a fresh source of natural killer cells and rhI L-2 for producing LAK cells. The cytotoxicity of effector cells was quantified using a 4 hour SI determining the density of antigen expression on tumor...

the effect of natural killer (nk) cells and lymphokine activated killer ( lak) cells was studied on a group of human melanoma cell lines. peripheral blood from healthy volunteers was utilized as a fresh source of natural killer cells and rhi l-2 for producing lak cells. the cytotoxicity of effector cells was quantified using a 4 hour si determining the density of antigen expression on tumor cel...