Biopsy-free profiling of the uterine immune system in patients with recurrent pregnancy loss and unexplained infertility.
Endometrium
Menstrual blood
NK cells
Recurrent miscarriage
Recurrent pregnancy loss
Journal
Reproductive biomedicine online
ISSN: 1472-6491
Titre abrégé: Reprod Biomed Online
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101122473
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2023
08 2023
Historique:
received:
16
01
2023
revised:
10
03
2023
accepted:
22
03
2023
medline:
21
8
2023
pubmed:
22
5
2023
entrez:
21
5
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
What are the differences in menstrual blood lymphocytes between controls, patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and patients with unexplained infertility (uINF)? Prospective study including 46 healthy controls, 28 RPL and 11 uINF patients. A feasibility study compared lymphocyte compositions of endometrial biopsies and menstrual blood collected during the first 48 h of menstruation in seven controls. In all patients, peripheral and menstrual blood from the first and subsequent 24 h were analysed separately by flow cytometry, focusing on the main lymphocyte populations and natural killer (NK) cell subsets. The first 24 h of menstrual blood resembles the uterine immune milieu as tested by endometrial biopsy. RPL patients showed significantly higher menstrual blood CD56 Compared with controls, RPL and uINF patients had a different menstrual blood-NK-subtype profile, indicating an altered cytotoxicity. In future studies, this non-invasive analysis might enable identification and monitoring of patients receiving immunomodulatory medications.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37211442
pii: S1472-6483(23)00201-8
doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.03.018
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
CD56 Antigen
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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