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Measurements of CD56+ cells in peripheral blood and endometrium by flow cytometry and immunohistochemical staining in situ.
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PMID:  21471157     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND CD56+ cells in peripheral blood or the endometrium may be increased in women with reproductive failure. However, the relationship between numbers of peripheral blood CD56+ and endometrial CD56+ cells is uncertain. The aim of this study was (i) to compare the numbers of CD56+ cells in peripheral blood and endometrium in samples taken simultaneously and (ii) to compare measurements by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry of CD56+ cells in the same endometrial biopsy. METHOD Endometrial biopsies and blood were obtained from women with recurrent miscarriage (n= 25) on days LH+7-LH+9 of the cycle. The total number of CD56+, CD56+ CD16- and CD56+CD16+ cells in blood was measured by flow cytometry; the number of CD56+ cells in the endometrium was determined by immunohistochemistry. Endometrial samples were also obtained from fertile women (n= 20) and used to measure CD56+ and CD45+ cells, by both flow cytometry and immunostaining. RESULTS There was no correlation between the numbers of total CD56+, CD56+CD16- or CD56+CD16+ in peripheral blood and the number of endometrial CD56+ cells in the same women. In endometrium from fertile women, a significant correlation was found between the numbers of CD56+ cells measured by flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry (correlation= 0.497, P= 0.026, when expressed as % total cells; correlation= 0.570, P= 0.009 when expressed as % CD45+ cells). CONCLUSIONS Measurements of CD56+ cells in peripheral blood do not correlate with endometrial CD56+ cell numbers and therefore should not be extrapolated to events in the endometrium. In contrast, measurements of endometrial CD56+ cells by flow cytometry and immunostaining correlate well.
Authors:
S M Laird; N Mariee; L Wei; T C Li
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-6
Journal Detail:
Title:  Human reproduction (Oxford, England)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1460-2350     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
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Created Date:  2011-4-7     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8701199     Medline TA:  Hum Reprod     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK.
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