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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2017

Relationship of SOCS3 and TGF-β with IDO expression in early pregnancy chorionic villi and decidua.

Wei Liu, Yongli Huang, Guanyou Huang, Congrong Zhou, Xiaoling Zeng, Shuyun Zhao, Lingfei Wu, Hua Zhou, Qingqing Wu, Lujun Dai

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Wei LiuReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Yongli HuangReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Guanyou HuangReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Congrong ZhouReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Xiaoling ZengReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Shuyun ZhaoReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Lingfei WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, P.R. China.
Hua ZhouReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Qingqing WuCentral Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Lujun DaiDepartment of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Guiyang Medical University · CNAffiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to investigate the expression of suppressors cytokine signaling (SOCS)-3, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and indoleamine 2,3-dioxygense (IDO) and to analyse the relationship of SOCS3 and TGF-β with IDO expression in early pregnancy chorionic villi and decidua in the maternal-fetal interface. Western blot analysis and immunohistochemical method were used to detect the expression of TGF-β, SOCS3 and IDO in chorionic villi and decidua tissues of normal pregnant women. SOCS3, TGF-β and IDO protein was identified in chorionic villi and decidua tissues of normal pregnant women and there was a negative correlation between the expression of IDO and SOCS3, but TGF-β expression was positively correlated with IDO expression. The levels of IDO expression in the decidua from normal pregnancies were significantly higher than those in chorionic villi, while the expression of SOCS3 was no significant difference between decidua and chorionic villi. In normal physiological state of pregnancy, SOCS3 and TGF-β may be involved in the regulation of immune tolerance by positive or negative regulation of IDO expression at maternal fetal interface.

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2,3-dioxygenasechrionic villideciduaindoleaminesuppressors of cytokine signaling-3transforming growth factor-β

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