title: Decidual leukocyte populations in ectopic pregnancies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether the recruitment of decidual leukocytes during pregnancy is the same in intrauterine pregnancies (IUPs) versus ectopic pregnancies (EPs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Intrauterine decidual samples from both EPs and IUPs were obtained for the evaluation of leukocyte populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  In vitro experiment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Women with EPs and women with IUPs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Immunohistochemical identification of decidual leukocyte populations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We have analyzed the decidual leukocyte populations from three women with EPs by immunohistochemical analysis. The data demonstrate a leukocyte infiltration similar to that found in decidua from normal pregnancies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These data support the hypothesis that decidual leukocyte recruitment and/or increases during pregnancy is primarily hormonally regulated.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Stewart-Akers
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Krasnow
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DeLoia
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000032:analysis; D019002:CD56 Antigen / Q000032:analysis; D003656:Decidua / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D017252:CD3 Complex; D019002:CD56 Antigen; D018950:Lipopolysaccharide Receptors; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens