Pathways participating in activation of mouse uterine natural killer cells during pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 510-518

  Xie, Xuemei ^a   He, Hong ^a   Colonna, Marco ^b   Seya, Tsukasa ^c   Takai, Toshiyuki ^d   Croy, B Anne ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DAP10; DAP12; Decidua; FcR CD3 ; Immunology; Lymphocyte activation; Mouse pregnancy; Pregnancy; Signal transduction; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD3 ZETA ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; DNAX ACTIVATING PROTEIN 10; DNAX ACTIVATING PROTEIN 12; FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; LIGAND; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CD3Z GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FCGR3 GENE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GESTATION PERIOD; HCST GENE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MESOMETRIAL LYMPHOID AGGREGATE OF PREGNANCY; MORPHOMETRICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEWBORN; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROBP GENE; UTERUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, IGG; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS;

MURINAE;

EID: 23844490469     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033951     Document Type: Article

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