Immune suppression and Th1/Th2 balance in pregnancy revisited: A (very) personal tribute to Tom Wegmann

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 427-434

  Chaouat, Gérard ^a   Diallo, Juliette Tranchot ^b   Volumenie, Jean Luc ^a   Menu, Elisabeth ^a   Gras, Gabriel ^b   Delage, Geneviéve ^a   Mognetti, Barbara ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytokines; IL 10; Pregnancy immunology; T cell receptor; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOTETRAOSYLCERAMIDE; INTERLEUKIN 10; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; CLONAL ANERGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343924373     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1997.tb00255.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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