Expression of tumor necrosis factor-α in the pregnant uterus of diabetic mice: Effect of maternal immunopotentiation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 161-168

  Fein, A ^a   Kostina, E ^a   Savion, S ^a   Orenstein, H ^a   Shepshelovich, J ^a   Ornoy, A ^b   Torchinsky, A ^a   Toder, V ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Embryopathy; Immunopotentiation; TNF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; STREPTOZOCIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYOPATHY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; UTERUS;

EID: 0034927236     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.8755-8920.2001.460207.x     Document Type: Article

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