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Comment
. 2012 Dec;181(6):1900-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2012.09.020. Epub 2012 Oct 11.

Regulatory T cells in preeclampsia: some answers, more questions?

Ana S Cerdeira  1 , Hernan D Kopcow, S Ananth Karumanchi
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Regulatory T cells in preeclampsia: some answers, more questions?

Ana S Cerdeira et al. Am J Pathol. 2012 Dec.

Abstract

This Commentary highlights the article by Hsu et al (in this issue) reporting an enrichment in induced regulatory T cells (iTregs) in normal pregnancy but not in preeclampsia, implicating iTreg defect as central to the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.

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