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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 73, 期 2, 页码 175-184出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12316
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Low molecular weight heparin; NK cell; recurrent pregnancy loss; resistance index; uterine blood flow
ProblemTo investigate whether peripheral blood natural killer (pbNK) cell levels are associated with uterine blood flow, and low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) treatment is effective to improve uterine blood flow in women with decreased uterine blood flow and unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Method of studyThis was a prospective controlled study. Study population included 33 pregnant women (between 5 and 7weeks gestation) with 2 RPL and controls were 47 healthy pregnant women. pbNK cell fractions (CD3(-)/56(+)/16(+)) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells were measured by flow cytometry. Uterine color-pulsed Doppler ultrasound was performed to evaluate uterine radial artery resistance index (URa-RI). In RPL women with elevated URa-RI (0.5), LMWH (ranges 40-60mg/day) was administered subcutaneously daily and URa-RI was reassessed 1week later. Pregnancy outcome was analyzed at 12weeks gestation. ResultsURa-RI was significantly higher in pregnant women with RPL than controls (0.600.14 versus 0.54 +/- 0.12, P=0.039). In pregnant women with RPL, pbNK cell fractions displayed a positive correlation with URa-RI (Pearson's r=0.429, P=0.013). URa-RI was significantly decreased 1week after LMWH treatment as compared to that of pretreatment (pretreatment RI: 0.65 +/- 0.11 versus post-treatment RI: 0.56 +/- 0.13, P=0.011). Pregnancy outcome of RPL women with LMWH treatment was not different from that of pregnant controls (73.3% versus 85.0%, P=NS). ConclusionIncreased pbNK cells are associated with decreased uterine radial artery blood flow. LMWH treatment effectively decreases URa-RI with improved pregnancy outcome in women with RPLs and elevated URa-RI. A larger scale study is needed to verify these findings.
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