title: CD1+ cells in mothers of stillborn infants with neural tube defects.
abstract: In healthy individuals, CD1+ cells are found in thymic- tissue, but not in peripheral blood. The thymus, as a key organ of the neuroendocrine system, frequently shows gross abnormalities in infants with neural tube defects. In order to study the immunologic significance of fetal thymic findings, maternal T-lymphocyte subpopulations were investigated. In 10 mothers of healthy newborns, 5 mothers of stillborn infants who had no gross abnormalities, and 5 mothers of stillborn infants with neural tube defects, CD1+, CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ cells were studied. Only the mothers of the infants with open neural tube defects showed CD1+ cells in their peripheral blood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
authors.forename: F N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Seniz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Müftüoğlu
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Batun
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Say
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000097:blood*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000097:blood; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000097:blood; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000097:blood; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens