Amnion epithelial cells, in contrast to trophoblast cells, express all classical HLA class I molecules together with HLA-G

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-171

  Hammer, Astrid ^a   Hutter, Heinz ^a   Blaschitz, Astrid ^a   Mahnert, Wolfgang ^a   Hartmann, Michaele ^a   Uchanska Ziegler, Barbara ^b   Ziegler, Andreas ^b   Dohr, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amnion; HLA A, B, C, G; Human placenta; Immunohistochemistry; Immunology

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0031051963     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00208.x     Document Type: Article

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