Neither lymphotoxin α nor lymphotoxin β receptor expression is required for biogenesis of lymphoid aggregates or differentiation of natural killer cells in the pregnant mouse uterus

Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 338-345

  Kather, Angela ^a,b   Chantakru, Sirirak ^a   He, Hong ^a   Minhas, Kanwal ^a   Foster, Robert ^a   Markert, Udo R ^b   Pfeffer, Klaus ^c   Croy, B Anne ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; LYMPHOTOXIN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; FEMALE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; LYMPHOTOXIN-ALPHA; LYMPHOTOXIN-BETA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0037339777     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.2003.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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