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Dr Amin Gorgy
Independent Doctor's Federation
How can can immune system issues lead to miscarriages?
Amin Gorgy explains that immune system issues can cause miscarriages in different ways, with the overactivity of natural killer cells, and an increase in pro inflammatory cytokines. These factors cause an inflammatory environme
Transcript
The immune system issues can cause miscarriages through different mechanisms. Number one, the overactivity of the natural killer cells. Number two, increased of the pro inflammatory cytokines. Again, increased inflammatory environment through compliment system, increase the inflammatory environment at the foetal maternal interface by having auto immune antibodies like antinuclear antibodies, anti histone antibodies, and others. So all these different mechanisms make the environment not friendly for the pregnancy to continue, and create not friendly for the embryos to implant in the first place.