Uterine natural killer cells: Insights into lineage relationships and functions from studies of pregnancies in mutant and transgenic mice

Natural Immunity

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-33

  Croy, B Anne ^a,c   Luross, Jeffrey A ^a   Guimond, Marie Josée ^a   Hunt, Joan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Granulated metrial gland cells; Intrauterine growth retardation; Lymphocytes; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MATRIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0030453391     PISSN: 10188916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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