Regulation of abortion by γδ T cells

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-93

  Arck, Petra C ^a,b   Ferrick, David A ^b,c   Steele Norwood, Darlene ^a   Croitoru, Ken ^a   Clark, David A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell subsets; Abortion; Cytokines; Mice

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR DELTA CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GAMMA CHAIN;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; ULTRASOUND;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0031045950     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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