Maternal killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors and paternal human leukocyte antigen ligands in recurrent pregnancy loss cases in Turkey

Elbasi M. O., TULUNAY VİRLAN A., Karagozoglu H., Kahraman S., Eksioglu-Demiralp E.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE-CERM, vol.47, no.2, pp.122-129, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 47 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.5653/cerm.2019.03223
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE-CERM
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier
  • Page Numbers: pp.122-129
  • Keywords: HLA C2, Human leukocyte antigen, Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor genotyping, KIR2DL5, KIR2DS3, Recurrent pregnancy loss, HLA-DQ ALLELES, SPONTANEOUS-ABORTION, NK CELLS, C GENES, KIR, MOLECULES, IMMUNOLOGY, COUPLES, BW4
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: The survival of a semi-allogeneic fetus depends on several immunological mechanisms, and it has been suggested that recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) could develop as a result of one or more immunological abnormalities.