Lower FOXP3 mRNA Expression in First-Trimester Decidual Tissue from Uncomplicated Term Pregnancies with a Male Fetus

Figure 1

mRNA expression of T-lymphocyte markers and cytokines in the first-trimester human decidual tissue. Data are mean ± SEM mRNA target gene expression normalized to housekeeper gene HPRT, in the decidual tissue from pregnancies with a female fetus (open bars, ) and pregnancies with a male fetus (black bars, ). Comparison between groups was evaluated using Mann–Whitney U test with Bonferroni multiple comparison corrections; , .