Antigen-presenting cells in the decidua

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 89, Issue , 2006, Pages 96-104

  Kämmerer, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOMETRIUM; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UTERUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MACROPHAGES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 27244442432     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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