IgE is expressed on, but not produced by, fetal cells in the human placenta irrespective of maternal atopy

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 274-282

  Sverremark Ekstrom E ^a   Nilsson, C ^b   Holmlund, U ^a   Van Der Ploeg, I ^c   Sandstedt, B ^a   Lilja, G ^b   Scheynius, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SACHS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergy; Fc receptors; Human placenta; IgE

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SKIN TEST; STROMA; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE SLICE; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS;

ADULT; CHORIONIC VILLI; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETUS; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, IGE; TH2 CELLS; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0036126464     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01773.x     Document Type: Article

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