IDO: A crossroads of immunology and physiology?

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-65

  Entrican, Gary ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ALLELE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EDITORIAL; FETUS CELL; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TROPHOBLAST; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 1842455666     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2004.02.002     Document Type: Editorial

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