Immune phenotype and cytotoxic activity of lymphocytes from human term decidua against trophoblast

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 109-123

  Abadía Molina, Ana C ^a   Ruiz, Concepción ^a   Montes, M José ^a   King, Ashley ^b   Loke, Y W ^b   Olivares, Enrique G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto de Biotecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD38; CD69; Human decidual lymphocytes; Maternal fetal interface; NK cells

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0030220348     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(96)00965-5     Document Type: Article

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