Characterization of B cells in healthy pregnant women from late pregnancy to post-partum: a prospective observational study

Abstract BACKGROUND: B cells play a role in pregnancy due to their humoral and regulatory activities. To our knowledge, different maturational stages (from transitional to memory) of circulating B cell subsets have not yet been characterized (cell quantification and phenotype identification) in heal...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lima, J (author)
Other Authors: Martins, C (author), Leandro, MJ (author), Nunes, G (author), Sousa, MJ (author), Branco, JC (author), Borrego, LM (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/14249
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:comum.rcaap.pt:10400.26/14249