Decidua as a site of extrathymic VγI T-cell differentiation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-238

  Hayakawa, Satoshi ^a   Shiraishi, Hisami ^a   Saitoh, Shigeru ^b   Satoh, Kazuo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decidua; Extrathymic differentiation; T cell

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; THYMUS;

EID: 0029881869     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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