Granzymes D, E, F, and G are regulated through pregnancy and by IL-2 and IL-15 in granulated metrial gland cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2772-2779

  Allen, Melissa P ^a,b   Nilsen Hamilton, Marit ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANZYME D; GRANZYME E; GRANZYME F; GRANZYME G; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRANZYMES; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-2; METRIAL GLAND; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0032530385     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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