The role of RCAS1 and oxytocinase in immune tolerance during pregnancy

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-425

  Wicherek, L ^a   Dutsch Wicherek, M ^a   Mak, P ^a   Klimek, M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cystine amino peptidase; Maternal immune tolerance; Oxytocinase; Receptor binding cancer antigen expressed on SiSo cells

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; CYSTINE DI BETA NAPHTHYLAMIDE; CYSTYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; RECEPTOR BINDING CANCER ANTIGEN EXPRESSED ON SISO CELL 1; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; PARAMETER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TISSUE LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CYSTINYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LABOR STAGE, FIRST; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 23944456356     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086824     Document Type: Article

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