Immune regulation during pregnancy and host-pathogen interactions in infectious abortion

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 79-94

  Entrican, G ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; REGULATORY CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOVIDS; CELL INVASION; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE CONTROL; FETUS CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MAMMAL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED STRAIN; PATHOGENICITY; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RODENT; SEPTIC ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036485399     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2001.0539     Document Type: Review

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