Role of Fas ligand in conferring immune privilege to non-lymphoid cells

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 828, Issue , 1997, Pages 268-272

  Guller, Seth ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAS ANTIGEN; LIGAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030726849     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48547.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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