Human decidual leukocytes do not proliferate in response to either extravillous trophoblast or allogeneic peripheral blood lymphocytes

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-74

  King, Ashley ^a   Gardner, Lucy ^a   Loke, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidual leukocytes; Lymphocyte proliferation; NK cells; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029869012     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(96)00949-7     Document Type: Article

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