γδ T cells of human early pregnancy decidua: Evidence for cytotoxic potency

International Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 585-596

  Mincheva Nilsson, Lucia ^a   Nagaeva, Olga ^a   Sundqvist, Karl Gösta ^a   Hammarström, Marie Louise ^a   Hammarström, Sten ^a   Baranov, Vladimir ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic granules; Fas ligand; Granulysin; Granzyme A; Granzyme B; Immunoelectron microscopy; Lipids; Perforin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; FAS LIGAND; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; IONOMYCIN; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; 1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; 1,10-PHENANTHROLINE; FASLG PROTEIN, HUMAN; GNLY PROTEIN, HUMAN; GRANZYME; GZMA PROTEIN, HUMAN; GZMB PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHENANTHROLINE DERIVATIVE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DECIDUA; DEGRANULATION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DECIDUA; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHENANTHROLINES; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0033625101     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/12.5.585     Document Type: Article

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