Syngeneic pregnancy induces overexpression of natural killer T cells in maternal liver

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 358-366

  Mrakovcic Sutic, I ^a   Simin M ^a   Radic D ^a   Rukavina, D ^a   Radosevic Stasic, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIVER; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0041409973     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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