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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Reproduction. 2014 Apr 8;147(5):R153–R167. doi: 10.1530/REP-13-0583

Table 2.

Representative manipulations of CBA × DBA matings

Baseline Resorption Rate* (%) Manipulation (Injection unless noted) Resulting Resorption Rate* (%) References
Decreased resorption rate
31 Second pregnancy 1 (Chavez, et al. 1987)
30-35 Second pregnancy 15 (Gendron, et al. 1992)
23 Add normal Balb/c male to cage on day 6 of 1st pregnancy 4 (Baines, et al. 1994)
23 Add castrated Balb/c male to cage on day 6 of 1st pregnancy 9 (Baines, et al. 1994)
23 Add Balb/c male bedding to cage on day 6 of 1st pregnancy 9 (Baines, et al. 1994)
30 Specific Pathogen free room 8 (Hamilton and Hamilton 1987)
20-35 Balb/c male spleen cells prior to mating# 5-15 (Kiger, et al. 1985)
35 Balb/c male spleen cells prior to mating 20 (Clark, et al. 2008a)
20-35 Balb/c male spleen cells prior to mating 10 (Clark, et al. 2013)
20-35 Balb/c spleen cells pre- incubated with Balb/c seminal plasma prior to mating 3 (Clark, et al. 2013)
20-35 DBA spleen cells pre-incubated with Balb/c seminal plasma prior to mating 10 (Clark, et al. 2013)
30 Spleen cells from Balb/c × DBA recombinant inbred strains K,N,C prior to mating 5-17 (Kiger, et al. 1985)
24 CBA bone marrow-derived dendritic cells pulsed with lysate of DBA male spleen cells 5 (Blois, et al. 2004)
24 Anti CD11b antibody iv on day 6 12 (Duclos, et al. 1994)
27 Anti- CD8 and anti- CD86 9 (Jin, et al. 2005)
24 Anti- CD86 8 (Zhao, et al. 2007)
28 Anti-CD86 7 (Zhu, et al. 2005)
20 5mg/kg Cyclosporin A 3 (Du, et al. 2007)
27 5mg/kg Cyclosporin A 16 (Li, et al. 2009)
27-30 Adenovirus –driven overexpression of CTLA-4 day 5 12 (Li, et al. 2009)
23 i.vag. injection TGF-β day 0.5 12 (Clark, et al. 2008a)
70 Interleukin (IL) 10 from culture supernatant days 6,8,10 5 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
35 Tumor Necrosis Factor(TNF) inhibitor (Pentoxifillin) days 6,8,10 20 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
35 Anti γ-interferon early in gestation 15 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
35 TNF inhibitor + anti γ-IFN early in gestation 10 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
46-55 IL-3 days 6.5-10.5 19-28 (Chaouat, et al. 1990)
35-40 Interferon-τ 5-10 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
43 IL-2 daily for 10 day from 4 days prior to mating 15 (Chen, et al. 2013)
31 C57Bl/6 male spleen and thymus cells 8 (Chavez, et al. 1987)
31 DBA male spleen and thymus cells 12 (Chavez, et al. 1987)
27 T cells from anti-B7 treated non-pregnant mice on day 4 gestation 11 (Jin, et al. 2004)
18-20 CD4+ CD25+ T cells from day 14 CBA × Balb/c females on day 0-2 of pregnancy ~0 (Zenclussen, et al. 2005) (Wafula, et al. 2009)
20 CD4+ CD25+ T cells from day 14 CBA × Balb/c females on day 0-2 of pregnancy + anti CTLA4 day 0,3,6,9 pregnancy ~0 (Wafula, et al. 2009)
29 Fresh CD4+CD25+ T cells from non-pregnant CBA females day 1-4 of pregnancy 19-22 (Yin, et al. 2012)
29 In vitro expanded CD4+CD25+ T cells from non-pregnant CBA females day 1-4 of pregnancy 10-12 (Yin, et al. 2012)
30 3 × 105 regulatory B cells day 0 of pregnancy ~0 (Jensen, et al. 2013b)
20 Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 2 weeks before mating 9 (Baines, et al. 1996)
20 Complete Freund's Adjuvant 2 weeks before mating 10 (Baines, et al. 1996)
43 Flt-3$ 6 days before mating 14 (Chen, et al. 2013)
29 Anti Crry Ig 10 (Girardi, et al. 2006)
29 Anti C5a 10 (Girardi, et al. 2006)
29 C5a receptor antagonist peptide 10 (Girardi, et al. 2006)
30 Prevastatin 10 (Redecha, et al. 2009)
Increased resorption rate
19 Second experiment, same publication (change housing) 37 (Clark, et al. 1994)
19 Third experiment, same publication (change housing) 45 (Clark, et al. 1994)
43 TNF ~ day 5.5 52 (Chaouat, et al. 1990)
28 TNF ~day 7 98 (Chaouat 1994)
43 TNF ~9.5 88 (Chaouat, et al. 1990)
43 TNF ~13.5 67 (Chaouat, et al. 1990)
28 γ-IFN ~day 7 75 (Chaouat 1994)
30 IL-2 ~day 7 65 (Chaouat 1994)
50 Anti IL-10 days 6,8,10 80 (Chaouat, et al. 1995)
19 Anti GMCSF day 7.5 38 (Clark, et al. 1994)
? LPS on day 0.5 18 (Clark, et al. 2008a)
38 LPS ~day 7 100 (Chaouat, et al. 1990)
28-30 LPS ~day 7 55-58 (Chaouat 1994) (Clark, et al. 2004)
24 Poly I :C 65 (Duclos, et al. 1994)
30 Balb/c × DBA recombinant inbred strains L,E 50-62 (Kiger, et al. 1985)
10-23 Sound stress for 24 hours on day 5.5 44 (Prados, et al. 2011)
10 Sound stress for 24 hours on day 5.5 30 (Arck, et al. 1999)
33 Anti CD25 antibody day 1 67 (Chen, et al. 2013)
10 Anti- T cell receptor antibody day 5.5 ~100 (Arck, et al. 1997)
11 Anti-γδ T cell antibody day 8.5 44-48 (Arck, et al. 1999)
19 Anti- CD8 antibody day 6.5 60 (Clark, et al. 1994)
45 Anti- CD8 antibody day 6.5 78 (Clark, et al. 1994)
20 CD4+ CD25+ T cells from day 14 CBA × Balb/c females on day 0-2 of pregnancy + anti PD1 day 0,3,6,9 pregnancy ~30 (Wafula, et al. 2009)
No change resorption rate
25 Prior delivery with Balb/c males 6 weeks before mating (Baines, et al. 1996)
20 Second pregnancy with rapid re-mating (seven days) after delivery (Baines, et al. 1996)
20-35 CBA male spleen cells 7 days prior to mating (Clark, et al. 2013)
20-35 DBA male spleen cells 7 days prior to mating (Clark, et al. 2013)
20-35 Non-pregnant female Balb/c spleen cells ip 7 days prior to mating (Kiger, et al. 1985)
20-35 Male Balb/b or Balb/k spleen cells ip 7 days prior to mating (Kiger, et al. 1985)
27 Balb/c spleen cells 8 weeks before mating (Baines, et al. 1996)
20-35 Balb/c spleen cells pre-incubated with DBA seminal plasma (Clark, et al. 2013)
11 Anti Vgamma1.1, Anti Vdelta 6 antibody day 5.5 (Arck, et al. 1999)
30 Spleen cells from Balb/c × DBA recombinant inbred Strains M,J,D (Kiger, et al. 1985)