Placental trophoblast and endothelial cells as target of maternal immune response

Autoimmunity

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-18

  Bulla, Roberta ^a   Bossi, Fleur ^a   Radillo, Oriano ^b   De Seta, Francesco ^a   Tedesco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complement; Endothelial cells; Maternal immune response; Pregnancy; Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion (RSA); Trophoblast cells

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RECURRENT ABORTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINES; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0037295704     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0891693031000067331     Document Type: Review

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