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ArticleAmerican journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)2019

Progesterone modulates the T-cell response via glucocorticoid receptor-dependent pathways.

Alexandra Maximiliane Hierweger, Jan Broder Engler, Manuel A Friese, Holger M Reichardt, John Lydon, Francesco DeMayo, Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Petra Clara Arck

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Article in American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexandra Maximiliane HierwegerInstitute for Immunology, Center for Diagnostics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9351-4032
Jan Broder EnglerInstitute for Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Manuel A FrieseInstitute for Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Holger M ReichardtInstitute for Cellular and Molecular Immunology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
John LydonDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Francesco DeMayoReproductive and Developmental Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, North Carolina.
Hans-Willi MittrückerInstitute for Immunology, Center for Diagnostics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Petra Clara ArckDepartment of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, Laboratory for Experimental, Feto-Maternal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DEBaylor College of Medicine · USNational Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DE

Funding

Environmental Signaling in Reproduction and PregnancyZIAES103311 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DEMAYO, FRANCESCO · 2016 to 2025
$30.5M
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft KFO296Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES103311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

problemSteroid hormones such as progesterone and glucocorticoids rise during pregnancy and are accountable for the adaptation of the maternal immune system to pregnancy. How steroid hormones induce fetal tolerance is not fully understood. We hypothesized that steroid hormones selectively regulate the T-cell response by promoting T-cell death. METHOD OF STUDY: We incubated murine spleen cells isolated from non-pregnant and pregnant mice with physiological concentrations of steroid hormones in vitro and analyzed T-cell subsets after 48 h of incubation. Results We found that progesterone and the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone induce T-cell death. CD4

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DeathCells, CulturedFemaleHumansImmunomodulationLymphocyte ActivationMaleMaternal-Fetal ExchangeMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLPregnancyProgesteroneReceptors, GlucocorticoidT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerProgesteroneReceptors, Glucocorticoidglucocorticoidsimmunological tolerancepregnancyprogesteroneT lymphocyte deathTreg

Identifiers

PMID30604567
PMCPMC7457140
OpenAlexW2907334015

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