Interferon γ contributes to initiation of uterine vascular modification, decidual integrity, and uterine natural killer cell maturation during normal murine pregnancy

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-269

  Ashkar, Ali A ^a   Di Santo, James P ^b   Croy, B Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Decidual spiral arteries; Interferon signaling; Tumor necrosis factor ; Uterine lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINASE; STAT1 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL FUNCTION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; DECIDUA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, SCID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERUS;

EID: 0034679718     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.2.259     Document Type: Article

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