Natural cytotoxic and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxic activity of cells in the decidua basales and metrial glands of pseudopregnant rats with deciduomata

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-130

  Peel, S ^a,b   Stewart, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity; Decidua; Deciduoma; Metrial gland; Natural cytotoxicity; Natural killer; Pseudopregnancy; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUA; KILLER CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; METRIAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RAT; STROMA CELL; TARGET CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DECIDUA; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; METRIAL GLAND; PREGNANCY; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032944713     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1999.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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