Characterization of the cells that migrate from metrial glands of the pregnant mouse uterus during explant culture

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-263

  Croy, B Anne ^a   McBey, Betty Anne ^a   Villeneuve, Laura A ^a   Kusakabe, Ken ^b   Kiso, Yasuo ^b   Van den Heuvel, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estrogen; Interleukin 2; Lymphocytes; Mouse; Pregnancy; Uterine natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS; LYMPHOID CELL; METRIAL GLAND; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METRIAL GLAND; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 0031038628     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(96)01008-X     Document Type: Article

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