Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase expression is restricted to fetal trophoblast giant cells during murine gestation and is maternal genome specific

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-77

  Baban, Babak ^a   Chandler, Phillip ^a   McCool, Doris ^a   Marshall, Brendan ^a   Munn, David H ^a   Mellor, Andrew L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

IDO; Immunohistochemistry; Placenta; Tolerance; Trophoblast giant cells

Indexed keywords

INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOME; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GIANT CELLS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPHOBLASTS; TRYPTOPHAN OXYGENASE;

EID: 1842507884     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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