New way to stop miscarriage

17.09.2013

For the first time was discovered biological mechanism underlying the recurrent miscarriage.

A team of scientists from the School of Medicine of the University of Warwick (UK), led by Professor Ian Brosensom found that in the process of spontaneous abortion play a key role killer cells of the immune system. NK-cells normally engaged in the destruction of foreign pathogens ingested. However, elevated levels of NK cells in endometrial tissue (this can be associated with chronic inflammatory process) violates the synthesis of cortisol during the implantation into the endometrium.

The authors suggest that testing for levels of NK-cells in the endometrial tissue will reflect the degree of risk of miscarriage due to deficiency of cortisol, and timely treatment with corticosteroids can help prevent miscarriage.

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