Decidual natural killer cells: Key regulators of placental development (a review)

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 151-168

  Croy, B Anne ^a   Chantakru, Sirirak ^a   Esadeg, Souad ^a   Ashkar, Ali A ^a   Wei, Qingxia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lymphocytes; Maternal fetal interface; Trophectoderm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CYTOKINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; IRF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IRF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

CELL MOTILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPLANTATION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DECIDUA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037206419     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(02)00005-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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