Uterine natural killer cells: Insights into their cellular and molecular biology from mouse modelling

Reproduction

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-160

  Croy, B Anne ^a   He, Hong ^a   Esadeg, Souad ^a   Wei, Qingxia ^b   McCartney, Daniel ^a   Zhang, Jianhong ^a   Borzychowski, Angela ^a   Ashkar, Ali A ^c   Black, Gordon P ^a   Evans, Sharon S ^d   Chantakru, Sirirak ^e   van den Heuvel, Marianne ^a   Paffaro Jr , Valdemar A ^f   Yamada, Aureo T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 27; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD VESSEL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE CONTROL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RODENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0041522698     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1260149     Document Type: Review

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