Signature cytokine Cytokine type Cell type References
IFNγ Inflammatory Th1 [12]
IL4, IL5, IL9, IL13 Anti-inflammatory Th2 [12]
IL17 Pro-inflammatory Th17 [12]
TGFβ, IL10 Anti-inflammatory Tregs [14]
IL35 Immunosuppressive Trophoblasts [15]
TNFα, IL1β Pro-inflammatory Endometrial stromal cell [16]
IL6, IL10 Anti-inflammatory Decidual stromal cells/ Endometrial stromal cell [17]
IL6, IL7 Anti-inflammatory Endo-cervical epithelial cells [18, 19]
TGFβ, TNFα, IL6, IL8, G-CSF (Granulocyte colony stimulating factor)
Pro-/anti-inflammatory
Uterine epithelial cells
[20, 21]
Type 1 (IFNγ, IL2, TNFα)and Type 2 (IL4, IL5,IL9, IL10,IL13) Pro-/anti-inflammatory Maternal T lymphocytes [22, 23, 24, 25]
IL10, TGFβ Anti-inflammatory Decidual macrophages [26, 27]
IL1β, IL4, IL6, IL8, IL10, IL13, IFNγ, TNFα Pro-/anti-inflammatory Uterine natural killer cells [28]