Volume 21 (2024)
Volume 20 (2023)
Volume 19 (2022)
Volume 18 (2021)
Volume 17 (2020)
Volume 16 (2019)
Volume 15 (2018)
Volume 14 (2017)
Volume 13 (2016)
Volume 12 (2015)
Volume 11 (2014)
Volume 10 (2013)
Volume 9 (2012)
Volume 8 (2011)
Volume 7 (2010)
Volume 6 (2009)
Volume 5 (2008)
Volume 4 (2007)
Volume 3 (2006)
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Volume 1 (2004)
Labor Could Increase Systemic Inflammation and Cause or Deteriorate Cytokine Storm in COVID-19

Amir Hossein Norooznezhad; Alireza A Shamshirsaz; Sedigheh Hantoushzadeh

Volume 19, Issue 3 , September 2022, , Pages 330-336

https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.2022.93951.2267

Abstract
  Pregnant women with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have a higher risk of morbidity and mortality compared with the general population. Possible pathways are: I) in patients with COVID-19, cytokine storm defined as the excess release of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1β (IL-1β), ...  Read More

The Reaction of Placental GRP78 Protein with Sera from Women with Multiple Sclerosis

Behrouz Gharesi-Fard; Maryam Zare; Eskandar Kamali-Sarvestani

Volume 14, Issue 4 , December 2017, , Pages 306-315

Abstract
    Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with four different types is one of the well studied autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system. Generally, two-thirds of MS patients are females who are at risk of pregnancy-related complications. Inappropriate responses of mother’s immune system, ...  Read More

High Levels of IgA Antibodies to Helicobacter Pylori among Omani Women during Pregnancy and after Delivery

Mohammed Said Al-Balushi; Elias Anthony Said; Sidgi Syed Hasson; Juma Zaid Al-Busaidi; Iman Al-Reesi; Mohammed Idris; Wadha Al-Ghafri; Moza Al-Kalbani; Ali Abdullah Al-Jabri

Volume 13, Issue 2 , June 2016, , Pages 114-123

Abstract
  Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), is a common infection in pregnant women accompanied by variations in the levels of the IgM, IgA and IgG antibody isotypes. The variations of anti-H. pylori antibodies during and after pregnancy, and the extent of protection they provide to the mother and the ...  Read More

Differences in the Expression of TLRs and Inflammatory Cytokines in Pre-Eclamptic Compared with Healthy Pregnant Women

Feryal Dabagh-Gorjani; Fahimeh Anvari; Jaleh Zolghadri; Eskandar KamaliSarvestani; Behrouz Gharesi-Fard

Volume 11, Issue 4 , December 2014, , Pages 233-245

Abstract
  Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is one of the most complex and life-threatening pregnancy disorders and is considered as a major cause of mortality among mothers and fetuses worldwide. Although the exact etiology of PE is not well known several lines of evidence support an immunological etiology for PE. ...  Read More

Importance of Anti-GRP78 Antibody in Pre-Eclampsia

Leila Rezanezhad; Jaleh Zolghadri; Behrouz Gharesi-Fard

Volume 10, Issue 4 , December 2013, , Pages 238-246

Abstract
  Background: Preeclampsia (PE) is a pregnancy specific syndrome that is associated with high maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Glucose regulated protein78 (GRP78) is an Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) protein which is expressed on the cell surfaces of trophoblast cells under stress or hypoxic condition. ...  Read More

IgG Avidity Test for the Diagnosis of Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Early

Shabnam Pour Abolghasem; Mohammad Reza Bonyadi; Zohre Babaloo; Abolfazl Porhasan; Behroz Nagili; Omid Ali Gardashkhani; Parviz Salehi; Mohammad Hashemi; Mojtaba Varshoghi; Gafar Olade Gaffari

Volume 8, Issue 4 , December 2011, , Pages 251-255

Abstract
  Background: Toxoplasmosis is well known as an important infection in pregnant women. Although many serologic methods are available, diagnosis of early Toxoplasmosis may be extremely difficult. Objective: To detect the Toxoplasma IgG antibodies developed at the early stage of infection in pregnant women. ...  Read More

In Vitro Fertilized Embryos do not Secrete Detectable HLA-G on Day Two

Zahra Alinejad; Reza Jafari Shakib; Kambiz Forghan-parast; Ziba Zahiri; Hossein Sadri; Farangis Nagafi; Zahra Roushan

Volume 6, Issue 4 , December 2009, , Pages 195-201

Abstract
  Background: Pregnancy is a successful transplantation. The factors evading rejection of the fetus are poorly understood. Recently an interest has grown, in HLA-G molecules as one of these factors. Since these antigens are mainly expressed on the surface of cytotro-phoblasts that are in direct contact ...  Read More

Emerging Role of Uterine Natural Killer Cells in Establishing Pregnancy

Vijay Kumar; Bikash Medhi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , June 2008, , Pages 71-81

https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.2008.48555

Abstract
  Normal pregnancy has been considered as a controlled state of inflammation at an early stage of blastocyst implantation that subsequently develops systemically. Till recent past most popular hypotheses regarding status of immune system in pregnancy were dominated by the Th1 and Th2 hypothesis, in which ...  Read More

Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase and Immunological Tolerance during Pregnancy

Amir Hassan Zarnani; Pouneh Dokouhaki; Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani

Volume 1, Issue 3 , December 2004, , Pages 143-153

Abstract
  Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme involved in the catabolism of tryptophan, is expressed by a variety of cells and tissues such as macrophages, dendritic cells, cells of the endocrine system and by the placenta. IFN- γ is the main inducer of this enzyme. IDO acts as an important defense ...  Read More