Uterine natural killer cells do not require interleukin-2 for their differentiation or maturation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-470

  Croy, B Anne ^a   Guimond, Marie Josee ^a   Luross, Jeffrey ^a   Hahnel, Ann ^a   Wang, Baoping ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulated metrial gland cells; Murine pregnancy; Placenta; Transgenic mice; Uterus

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

EID: 0030977941     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00261.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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