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ArticleClinical and experimental reproductive medicine2017

T helper cell subsets and related cytokines in infertile women undergoing

Marziyeh Azad, Sara Keshtgar, Bahia Namavar Jahromi, Zahra Kanannejad, Behrouz Gharesi-Fard

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Article in Clinical and experimental reproductive medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The immunomodulatory role of seminal plasma in endometrial receptivity and embryo implantation.American journal of clinical and experimental immunology · 2025
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  3. Seminal plasma and CD4Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marziyeh AzadDepartment of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Sara KeshtgarDepartment of Physiology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Bahia Namavar JahromiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Zahra KanannejadDepartment of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Behrouz Gharesi-FardDepartment of Immunology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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methodsThis study was performed on 19 couples with unexplained infertility undergoing IVF treatment. Among the studied group, nine and 10 couples had successful and unsuccessful IVF outcomes, respectively. This study was carried out using real-time polymerase chain reaction.

resultsBefore seminal plasma exposure, the expression levels of T-bet (

conclusionIn summary, IVF failure was associated with imbalanced Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg responses. Moreover, our results show that seminal plasma might have a positive effect on IVF outcomes via changes in peripheral blood T cell subsets.

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CytokineIn vitro fertilizationT helper cellTranscription factor

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PMCPMC5783919
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