Pre-term birth and severe pre-eclampsia are not associated with altered expression of HLA on human trophoblasts

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-201

  Datema, Gert ^a   Van Meier, Claudia A ^a   Kanhai, Humphrey H H ^a   Van Den Elsen, Peter J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin 7; Fetal membrane; HLA class Ia; HLA class II; HLA G; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 7; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; KETANSERIN; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYTOCIN; RITODRINE;

AMNION CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

AMNION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0038627785     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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