Expression of glycans linked to natural killer cell inhibition on the human zona pellucida

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 501-505

  Patankar, Manish S ^a   Ozgur, Kemal ^a   Oehninger, Sergio ^a   Dell, Anne ^b   Morris, Howard ^b   Seppala, Markku ^c   Clark, Gary F ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Feto maternal toierance; HIV; Immunosuppression; Oligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; LECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0031155676     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.6.501     Document Type: Article

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