PGE2, but not TGFβ2, in rabbit blastocoelic fluid regulates the cytotoxic activities of NK and LAK cells

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-219

  Bergeron, Dominic ^a,b   Ouellette, Marie Josée ^a   Lambert, Raymond D ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2; LAK cells; NK cells; PGE2; TGF 2; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY FLUIDS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAST-CELL SARCOMA; MICE; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030754897     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00019-3     Document Type: Article

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