Endometrial suppressor cells in beef cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 779-791

  Shipp, S A ^a   Segerson, B C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Growth factor; Immunosuppression; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SUPPRESSOR FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL FRACTIONATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUPPRESSOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CATTLE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032192334     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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