Histological studies of gene-ablated mice support important functional roles for natural killer cells in the uterus during pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-133

  Croy, B Anne ^a   Ashkar, Ali A ^a   Foster, Robert A ^a   DiSanto, James P ^b   Magram, Jeanne ^c   Carson, Daniel ^d   Gendler, Sandra J ^e   Grusby, Michael J ^f   Wagner, Norbert ^g   Muller, Werner ^g   Guimond, Marie Josée ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decidua; Integrins; Interleukins; Mucins; Murine pregnancy; Placental blood vessels; Uterine lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENE DELETION; HISTOLOGY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LARGE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; INTEGRIN BETA CHAINS; INTEGRINS; INTERLEUKIN-12; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0030777927     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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