scholarly journals Primary unexplained infertility is associated with reduced expression of the T-regulatory cell transcription factor Foxp3 in endometrial tissue

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. Jasper
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 5201-5212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saleh A. Bakheet ◽  
Mohammad Zeed Alzahrani ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad Ansari ◽  
Ahmed Nadeem ◽  
Khairy M. A. Zoheir ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 1545-1556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greene Donald Royster ◽  
Justine C. Harris ◽  
Amanda Nelson ◽  
Yessenia Castro ◽  
R. Patrick Weitzel ◽  
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There are few treatments for patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) or recurrent implantation failure (RIF). Women with RPL and unexplained infertility have lower T regulatory cell (Treg) expression when compared to fertile controls. A murine model has been developed with depletion of regulatory T cells (DEREG) after administration of diphtheria toxin (DT), resulting in smaller litter sizes, secondary to embryo implantation failure. Numerous murine studies have shown that adoptive transfer of CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ Tregs from donors improves litter sizes in DEREG mice with depleted Tregs. Our hypothesis is that DEREG mice treated with a single dose of DT will deplete Tregs and subsequently decrease litter sizes and that treatment with rapamycin (sirolimus; Pfizer) during the time of embryo implantation will increase Tregs and restore litter sizes nearly back to normal levels. Syngeneic mating of DEREG mice after depletion of Tregs resulted in smaller litter sizes and this defect was reversed when these DEREG mice were treated with rapamycin at the time of embryo implantation. The importance of Tregs at the time of embryo implantation has been well established and immunotherapy treatments, such as rapamycin (mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor), may prove to be an effective treatment for patients with RPL, RIF, or unexplained infertility with low Treg.


2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 4390-4400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheikh Fayaz Ahmad ◽  
Khairy M A Zoheir ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmad Ansari ◽  
Ahmed Nadeem ◽  
Saleh A. Bakheet ◽  
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Oncotarget ◽  
2017 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Teresa Lozano ◽  
Marta Gorraiz ◽  
Aritz Lasarte-Cía ◽  
Marta Ruiz ◽  
Obdulia Rabal ◽  
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Author(s):  
Mabrouk M. Ghonaim ◽  
Rawhia H. El-Edel ◽  
Samar M. Kamal Eldein ◽  
Wafaa Moustafa M. Abo El Fotoh ◽  
Samar S. Salman

Retrovirology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (S2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Younas ◽  
S Hue ◽  
M Surenaud ◽  
C Lacabaratz ◽  
A Guiguin ◽  
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2016 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Natalia Marek-Trzonkowska ◽  
Małgorzata Myśliwiec ◽  
Dorota Iwaszkiewicz-Grześ ◽  
Mateusz Gliwiński ◽  
Ilona Derkowska ◽  
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