Immunologic response modulation during pregnancy
- Oscar Amado Armenta Martínezb(Author),
- Natalia Espinosa Villaseñeora(Author),
- José Carlos Arroyo Kuribreñab(Author),
- aUniversidad Popular Autonoma de Puebla,
- bBenemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
Publication Information
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Original language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 277-287 (11 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia (Volume 37, Issue 2)Publication milestones
- Published - 01/05/2011
Publication status
ISSN
0138-600XExternal Publication IDs
- Scopus: 79960418166
Abstract
Immunologic system is able to recognize the own and the non-own, therefore the curious question: Why the fetus is not rejected? Nowadays, it is known that during pregnancy there are physiological modifications about the innate immunity as in the adaptive one allowing fetus to develop without any aggression by the immune response of the mother against the environment aggressors. These changes manifesting in the immunologic system are consequences of hormonal variations associated with pregnancy due to the immunologic system cells and the release of cytokines is different in each trimester of pregnancy, now it is possible to know that the involvement of these cytokines is essential in the implantation of fetus, as well as in pathological processes associated with pregnancy including the pre-eclampsia and the spontaneous abortions.