title: Expression on cells of early human pregnancy decidua, of the p75, IL-2 and p145, IL-4 receptor proteins.
abstract: Immunohistological studies of human first trimester pregnancy decidua demonstrated the presence of the p75 interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) and the p145 interleukin-4 receptor protein (IL-4R) on cells in the decidual stroma; there was no expression of CD25, the p55 IL-2R. The IL-4R was also expressed on the basal face of the glandular epithelial cells. Flow cytometric analysis of antibody-labelled decidual cell dispersions confirmed these results. Double antibody labelling demonstrated that p75 was expressed exclusively on the CD56-positive decidual large granular lymphocytes (LGL), whereas the IL4-R was expressed on some decidual LGL, and most decidual macrophages and T cells. In vitro incubation of decidual cells with IL-2 failed to induce expression of p55 or to increase the expression of either p75 or the p145 IL-4R. Purified decidual LGL proliferated in vitro in response to IL-2, and IL-4 inhibited this IL-2-induced proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Starkey
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000276:immunology; D003656:Decidua / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D015847:Interleukin-4