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ArticleReproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)2022

Circulating Innate Lymphoid Cells Exhibit Distinctive Distribution During Normal Pregnancy.

Yiran Zhao, Yajie Zhu, Xi Chen, Hui Lin, Ningxin Qin, Zhiyang Zhou, Han Liu, Yanhui Hao, Chengliang Zhou, Xinmei Liu and 3 more

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Article in Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yiran Zhao *The International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Yajie Zhu *The International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Xi ChenThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Hui LinThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Ningxin QinThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Zhiyang ZhouThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Han LiuThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Yanhui HaoThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Chengliang ZhouThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Xinmei LiuShanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Li JinShanghai Key Laboratory of Embryo Original Diseases, Shanghai, 200030, China.
Jianzhong ShengDepartment of Pathology and Pathophysiology, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
Hefeng HuangThe International Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200030, China. huanghefg@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4344-8019
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNObstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University · CNInternational Peace Maternity & Child Health Hospital · CNZhejiang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decades, the investigation of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) has revealed their significance in successful pregnancy. Sex hormones, such as estradiol and progesterone, show specific changes during pregnancy and modulate both adaptive and innate immune systems. ILC subset distribution in peripheral blood of pregnant women and its potential association with sex hormone levels have not been well revealed. Peripheral blood was obtained from healthy non-pregnant, early-pregnant, and late-pregnant women. Radioimmunoassay was performed to measure plasma estradiol and progesterone levels. The levels of type 1 ILCs (ILC1s), type 2 ILCs (ILC2s), type 3 ILCs (ILC3s), and total ILCs as well as estrogen and progesterone receptors of ILC2s in peripheral blood were analyzed using flow cytometry. The proportion of total ILCs and distribution of ILC subsets in peripheral blood changed dynamically during pregnancy. Compared to non-pregnant women, late-pregnant women displayed significantly higher proportion of circulating ILCs, among which ILC2s accounted for the majority in late-pregnant women while a smaller part in others, and ILC3s displayed the opposite. Plasma estradiol and progesterone levels elevated while pregnancy proceeded and the expression of their receptors in ILC2s increased consisted with the proportion of circulating ILC2s. Our work first observed the existence of progesterone receptors in human circulating ILC2s and revealed the distribution pattern of circulating ILC subsets and their interrelation with plasma sex hormone levels during pregnancy. Our results suggested that the estradiol and progesterone levels might partly influence the distribution of circulating ILC subsets and implied the interplay between circulating ILCs and pregnancy.

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Immunity, InnateProgesteroneEstradiolFemaleHumansLymphocytesPregnancyReceptors, ProgesteroneEstradiolProgesteroneReceptors, ProgesteroneEstradiolInnate immunityInnate lymphoid cellsPregnancyProgesteroneSex hormones

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PMID34988918
PMCPMC8907087
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