Natural mechanisms for evading graft rejection: The fetus as an allograft

Springer Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-117

  Koch, Cody A ^a   Platt, Jeffrey L ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAMMAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPHOCYTES; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0141463646     PISSN: 03444325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-003-0136-0     Document Type: Article

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