This is a proposal to continue studies into the role of local immune regulation in preventing a maternal anti-fetal immune rejection. The underlying rationale is that the system may at times fail, leading to spontaneous abortion. Understanding the mechanisms may be important to decreasing the incidence of such failures. The operating theory is that protection of the developing embryo results from a combination of the immunologically inert physical barrier provided by the trophoblast and a region of local immunosuppression generated in the uterus around the fetus. This environment is generated during the decidual response through a massive increase in numbers of prostaglandin producing cells, principally macrophages. To explore this hypothesis, it is proposed that a study be performed of: 1) Control mechanisms influencing macrophage accumulation in the uterus during pregnancy, 2) Mechanism(s) responsible for immunoregulation by decidual macrophages, 3) The extent and nature of immunoregulation in uterine regional lymph nodes, 4) A model of indomethacin induced abortion which is closely relevant to the proposed immunoregulatory mechanisms. The above specific aims will be studied using a variety of cellular immune techniques in a mouse model system. In conclusion, these studies should lead to an extension of current knowledge of the immunology of pregnancy.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD017678-05
Application #
3314683
Study Section
Human Embryology and Development Subcommittee 2 (HED)
Project Start
1983-09-01
Project End
1992-03-31
Budget Start
1988-04-01
Budget End
1989-03-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Kansas
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
016060860
City
Kansas City
State
KS
Country
United States
Zip Code
66160
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Wood, G W; Greenwood, J H (1991) Murine CD4-CD8- thymocytes are stimulated by interleukin-2 to proliferate in vitro in chemically defined medium. Thymus 18:15-31
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De, M; Choudhuri, R; Wood, G W (1991) Determination of the number and distribution of macrophages, lymphocytes, and granulocytes in the mouse uterus from mating through implantation. J Leukoc Biol 50:252-62

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