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Research ArticleFETAL IMMUNITY
Alloreactive fetal T cells promote uterine contractility in preterm labor via IFN-γ and TNF-α
- View ORCID ProfileMichela Frascoli1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileLacy Coniglio1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileRussell Witt1,2,
- Cerine Jeanty1,2,
- Shannon Fleck-Derderian3,
- Dana E. Myers4,
- Tzong-Hae Lee5,
- View ORCID ProfileSheila Keating5,
- Michael P. Busch5,
- View ORCID ProfilePhilip J. Norris5,
- View ORCID ProfileQizhi Tang2,
- Giovanna Cruz6,
- Lisa F. Barcellos6,
- View ORCID ProfileNardhy Gomez-Lopez7,8,9,
- View ORCID ProfileRoberto Romero7,10,11,12 and
- View ORCID ProfileTippi C. MacKenzie1,2,13,*
- 1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 3Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 4Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- 5Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
- 6Division of Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
- 7Perinatology Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
- 8Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
- 9Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
- 10Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
- 11Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
- 12Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
- 13Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: tippi.mackenzie{at}ucsf.edu
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Science Translational Medicine 25 Apr 2018:
Vol. 10, Issue 438, eaan2263
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2263
Vol. 10, Issue 438, eaan2263
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan2263
Michela Frascoli
1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Lacy Coniglio
1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Russell Witt
1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Cerine Jeanty
1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Shannon Fleck-Derderian
3Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Dana E. Myers
4Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Tzong-Hae Lee
5Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Sheila Keating
5Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Michael P. Busch
5Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Philip J. Norris
5Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
Qizhi Tang
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Giovanna Cruz
6Division of Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Lisa F. Barcellos
6Division of Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics Laboratory, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Nardhy Gomez-Lopez
7Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
8Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
9Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Roberto Romero
7Perinatology Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)/National Institutes of Health (NIH)/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
10Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
11Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
12Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Tippi C. MacKenzie
1Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
2Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
13Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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