Cytotoxic activity of endometrial granulated lymphocytes during the menstrual cycle in humans

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1217-1222

  Jones, Rebecca K ^a   Bulmer, Judith N ^a   Searle, Roger F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, CD56; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, IGG; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0030817306     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.5.1217     Document Type: Article

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