The uterine NK cell population requires IL-15 but these cells are not required for pregnancy nor the resolution of a Listeria monocytogenes infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-46

  Barber, Ellen M ^a   Pollard, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; RAG2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037869170     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.1.37     Document Type: Article

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