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Diminished Frequency of Menstrual and Peripheral Blood Nkt-Like Cells in Patients With Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion and Infertile Women Publisher Pubmed



Hosseini S1 ; Shokri F1 ; Pour SA2 ; Khoshnoodi J1 ; Jedditehrani M3 ; Zarnani AH1, 2, 4
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  1. 1. Department of Immunology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Reproductive Immunology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Monoclonal Antibody Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Immunology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Reproductive Sciences Published:2019


Abstract

Systemic monitoring of immune system may not precisely outline the local immune status in the uterus. This survey is a continuation of our previous studies on potential usefulness of menstrual blood (MB) immunophenotyping as a tool for investigation of immunological disturbances in pregnancy-related disorders. Peripheral blood (PB) and MB from healthy fertile (n = 15), unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA; n = 15), and unexplained infertile women (n = 8) were collected simultaneously in the second day of their menstrual cycle and frequency of natural killer T (NKT)-like cell subpopulations were assessed by flow cytometry. Menstrual blood of all experimental groups contained higher percentage of TCRαβ + , CD45RO + , and CD16 − NKT-like cells compared to corresponding PB. Frequency of MB NKT-like cells in unexplained infertile participants was lower than fertile and URSA groups. Compared to normal participants, patients with URSA had lower frequency of PB TCRαβ + and higher CD16 + , while in infertile woman frequencies of PB CD45RO + , CD45RO − , CD16 − , IL17 + , and MB CD45RO + NKT-like cells were lower. Although, PB and MB seemingly have the same histological nature, our results showed that MB contained different composition of NKT-like subsets with different cytokine profiles and could be viewed as one potential biological sample for evaluation of patients with infertility and URSA. © The Author(s) 2018.