Enhancement of mononuclear cell oxidative burst by early post-transfer sera from human patients after unsuccessful embryo transfer

Early pregnancy sera were earlier shown to modulate T lymphocyte rosetting with sheep erythrocytes. We set out to investigate whether early pregnancysera also modulate the state of activation of another immunologically relevant cell type, the monocyte. As an index of monocyte activation, we measured phorbol ester-triggered oxidative burst activity by a highly sensitive chemiluminescence method. Contrary to our expectations, incubation of mononuclearcells with sera taken early after embryo transfer from patients with a successfully developing pregnancy had no effect. Unexpectedly, such sera from patients from a control group of patients in whom no pregnancy developed after embryo transfer caused enhancement of mononuclear cell chemiluminescence. Stimulatory activity of these sera appeared between days 4 and 6 and was maximal between days 7 and 9 post embryo transfer. Whether this phenomenon is causally related to, or represents a consequence of the failure of embryo transfer, can currently not be decide

Starting a family in another land : spaniards in Malta, 1580s to 1640s

Demographers are confronted with considerable difficulties when they set about studying family structures. This paper will seek to show that the behaviour of Spanish migrants in Malta in the early modern period conforms to the migratory patterns evident elsewhere. The term ‘migrant’ is here understood as referring to a person who changes his habitual place of residence in a more or less permanent form by crossing an administrative boundary. A key marker of a permanent move to a new land is marriage and the starting of a family there.peer-reviewe

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