TJ6: The pregnancy-associated cytokine

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Beaman, Kenneth ^a   Angkachatchai, Vachras ^a   Gilman Sachs, Alice ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

IL 10; IL 4; TH2

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUA; FETUS WASTAGE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THYMUS; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0029983901     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00490.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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