Uterine macrophages and environmental programming for pregnancy success

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Hunt, Joan S ^a   Robertson, Sarah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Interferon gamma (IFN ); Nitric oxide (NO); Progesterone; Tumor necrosis factor (TNF ); Uterine macrophages

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

CELL GROWTH; CHEMOTAXIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MACROPHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS GROWTH;

EID: 0030297019     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)88352-5     Document Type: Review

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