The low cytotoxic activity of peripheral blood NK cells may relate to unexplained recurrent miscarriage

Unexplained recurrent miscarriage (uRM) is defined as two or more spontaneous abortions prior to 20 weeks of gestation with unknown etiology. Peripheral blood natural killer (pNK) cells contact with the villus and exert important role in normal pregnancy. However, it is still controversial about the association between pNK cytotoxicity and uRM, and the underlying mechanism remains unknown so far.

• Publication year

  2021

• Venue

  American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

• Publication date

  2021-01-07

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/aji.13388PMID 33410220
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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