Bile Acids and Pregnancy

List of Principal Authors. Introduction; U. Leuschner. Section I: Immunology of Pregnancy. 1. Intrinsic susceptibility of mouse trophoblasts to NK cell-mediated attack in vivo; A. Erlebacher, et al. 2. Induction of immunological tolerance to fetal antigens during pregnancy; M.S. Vacchio. 3. The influence of pregnancy on cytokine production; J.S. Hunt. 4. MHC expression in the human placenta and role of HLA-G; N. Rouas-Freiss, et al. 5. Ten ways to suppress the maternal immune system; B. Formby, T.S. Wiley. Section II: Pregnancy, Liver Disease and Bile Acids. 6. UDCA therapy and progesterone in intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; H. Reyes. 7. Ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of cholestasis of pregnancy: clinical results; J. Palma, et al. 8. Pregnancy and hepatic transport: implications for the pathogenesis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; M. Arrese, et al. 9. The influence of ursodeoxycholic acid and maternal cholestasis on bile acid transport across the placenta; J.J.G. Marín, et al. 10. Effects of high-dose UDCA on bile acid metabolism of newborns and mothers with cholestasis of pregnancy; G. Mazzela, et al. 11. Immune modulation by cholestasis and bile acids; Y. Calmus, et al. 12. Ursodeoxycholic acid in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis in pregnancy; J. Holtmeier, et al. Final remarks; P.A. Berg. Index.