The immunology of successful pregnancy

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-357

  van Nieuwenhoven, A L Veenstra ^a   Heineman, M J ^a   Faas, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Decidua; Leukocytes; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUATION; MONOCYTE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0043025352     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmg026     Document Type: Review

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