PMID- 21708204 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120111 LR - 20171116 IS - 1879-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0198-8859 (Linking) VI - 72 IP - 10 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Changes in cytokine production and composition of peripheral blood leukocytes during pregnancy are not associated with a difference in the proliferative immune response to the fetus. PG - 805-11 LID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.05.027 [doi] AB - We analyzed peripheral blood from women at term pregnancy for leukocyte composition, in vitro proliferative responses and cytokine production after nonspecific and fetus-specific stimulation. Maternal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were collected and stimulated with umbilical cord blood (UCB) of the mother's own child, third-party UCB, nonspecific stimulus phytohemagglutinin, and anti-CD3 antibody, with PBMCs of nonpregnant women (cPBMC) as controls. Nine combinations of patient, child, third party child, and controls were selected on basis of sharing one human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR antigen. The response of mPBMC upon specific stimulation with fetal antigens was similar to that of cPBMC. No differences were found when comparing the mother's response upon stimulation to her own child with stimulation to that with a control child. Nonspecific stimulation with phytohemagglutinin and anti-CD3 antibody did not reveal a difference in proliferation rate between mPBMC and cPBMC. However, mPBMC contained a higher percentage of CD14(+) cells (p = 0.001) and activated T cells (CD25(dim), p < 0.0001), but a lower percentage CD16(-)CD56(bright) natural killer (NK) cells (p = 0.001) and CD16(+)CD56(+) NK cells (p = 0.003). mPBMC produced more interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and IL-17 compared with cPBMC (p < 0.05). We found differences in lymphocyte composition and cytokine production between mPBMC and cPBMC. These differences did not result in quantitative changes in proliferative responses during pregnancy compared with responses in nonpregnant controls. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lashley, Lisa E E L O AU - Lashley LE AD - Department of Obstetrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. FAU - van der Hoorn, Marie-Louise P AU - van der Hoorn ML FAU - van der Mast, Barbara J AU - van der Mast BJ FAU - Tilburgs, Tamara AU - Tilburgs T FAU - van der Lee, Nadine AU - van der Lee N FAU - van der Keur, Carin AU - van der Keur C FAU - van Beelen, Els AU - van Beelen E FAU - Roelen, Dave L AU - Roelen DL FAU - Claas, Frans H J AU - Claas FH FAU - Scherjon, Sicco A AU - Scherjon SA LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110612 PL - United States TA - Hum Immunol JT - Human immunology JID - 8010936 RN - 0 (Antibodies) RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) RN - 0 (CD56 Antigen) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) RN - 0 (Phytohemagglutinins) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgG) RN - 10028-17-8 (Tritium) RN - VC2W18DGKR (Thymidine) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antibodies/immunology/*pharmacology MH - CD3 Complex/immunology MH - CD56 Antigen/analysis/immunology MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cell Proliferation/*drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cytokines/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Cytotoxicity, Immunologic MH - Female MH - Fetal Blood/*immunology MH - Fetus MH - Flow Cytometry MH - HLA-DR Antigens/analysis/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunoassay MH - *Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology/drug effects/immunology/metabolism MH - Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects MH - Phytohemagglutinins/immunology/*pharmacology MH - Pregnancy MH - Receptors, IgG/analysis/immunology MH - Thymidine/metabolism MH - Tritium/metabolism EDAT- 2011/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/12 06:00 CRDT- 2011/06/29 06:00 PHST- 2011/03/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/05/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/06/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/12 06:00 [medline] AID - S0198-8859(11)00143-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.05.027 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Immunol. 2011 Oct;72(10):805-11. doi: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.05.027. Epub 2011 Jun 12.