The reproductive system from an immunologic perspective

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 383-405

  Seli, Emre ^a   Mahutte, Neal G ^a   Arici, Aydin ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIBODY; CD59 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COLLAGENASE; CYTOKINE; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; ELASTASE; ESTROGEN; FAS LIGAND; FOLLITROPIN; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MEMBRANE COFACTOR PROTEIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PREGNANCY SPECIFIC BETA1 GLYCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EMBRYO CELL; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LABOR; LEUKOCYTE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEX CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036695021     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(02)00016-4     Document Type: Review

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