Human Decidual Natural Killer Cells Are a Unique NK Cell Subset with Immunomodulatory Potential

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1201-1212

  Koopman, Louise A ^a,e   Kopcow, Hernan D ^a   Rybalov, Basya ^a   Boyson, Jonathan E ^a   Orange, Jordan S ^a   Schatz, Frederick ^b   Masch, Rachel ^c   Lockwood, Charles J ^b   Schachter, Asher D ^d   Park, Peter J ^d   Strominger, Jack L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BIOGEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression proflling; Lymphocyte subsets; Maternal fetal relations; Natural killer cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GALECTIN 1; GESTAGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DECIDUA; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

ANTIGENS, CD56; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GALECTIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0142157002     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030305     Document Type: Article

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