Interleukin-11 signaling is required for the differentiation of natural killer cells at the maternal-fetal interface

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 231, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 700-708

  Ain, Rupasri ^a,b   Trinh, My Linh ^a   Soares, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; IL 11R ; Mesometrial decidua; Natural killer cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 11; INTERLEUKIN 11 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 15; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN DERIVATIVE; PROLACTIN LIKE PROTEIN J; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFERTILITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERLEUKIN-11; INTERLEUKIN-11 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-11; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-15; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 11144306906     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20183     Document Type: Article

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