Journal
GENES & DISEASES
Volume 7, Issue 2, Pages 283-289Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2019.03.005
Keywords
Activating receptor; Inhibitory receptor; NK cytotoxicity; Peripheral blood NK cells; Repeated implantation failure
Funding
- Shenzhen Healthcare Research Project, China [SZXJ2018004]
- Clinical Research Program of Chinese Medical Association, China [17020340703]
- Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen, China [SZSM201502035]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are thought to play a key role in the successful establishment of a pregnancy by facilitating immunological adaptation of the semi-allogeneic developing embryo. The aim of this study was to explore the cell number, immunophenotypic characteristics, and activities of peripheral blood NK cells in women with repeated implantation failure (RIF). Peripheral blood was obtained from 27 women with RIF and 11 healthy, fertile controls during the middle luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. CD3(-) CD56(+) NK cells were quantified and analyzed by flow cytometry for the expression of cytolytic molecules (granzyme B, granulysin, and perforin) as well as cell surface receptors responsible for NK cell activation or inhibition (NKG2D, NKp30, NKp46, CD158a, CD158b). NK cytotoxicity was measured at three effector-to-target cell ratios. Women with RIF and fertile controls did not differ significantly in the percentage of circulating CD3(-)CD56(+) NK cells, or in the proportions of these cells that expressed granzyme B, granulysin, or perforin. The two groups also did not differ significantly in the proportions of NK cells expressing the receptors NKG2D, NKp30, NKp46, CD158a or CD158b. General linear model analysis showed that NK cytotoxicity increased with effector-to-target cell ratio. However, NK cytotoxicity did not differ significantly between patients with RIF and fertile controls. These results suggest that RIF is not associated with significant alterations in the number or function of peripheral blood NK cells. Copyright (C) 2019, Chongqing Medical University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.
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