HLA-G and HLA-C at the feto-maternal interface: Lessons learned from pathogenic viruses

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-46

  Schust, Danny J ^b   Tortorella, Domenico ^b   Ploegh, Hidde L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; HLA G; Immunoevasion; Trophoblast; Virus

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PLACENTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0002569251     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scbi.1998.0106     Document Type: Article

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