Immunology at the maternal-fetal interface: Lessons for T cell tolerance and suppression

Annual Review of Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue , 2000, Pages 367-391

  Mellor, A L ^a   Munn, D H ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Macrophages; Placenta; Pregnancy; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; FETAL ANTIGEN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FETUS WASTAGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034097042     PISSN: 07320582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.18.1.367     Document Type: Review

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