Tolerance of the fetus by the maternal immune system: Role of inflammatory mediators at the feto-maternal interface

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kanellopoulos Langevin, Colette ^a   Caucheteux, Stéphane M ^a   Verbeke, Philippe ^a   Ojcius, David M ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; CHEMOATTRACTANT; COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; FAS LIGAND; HLA G ANTIGEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHORION VILLUS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WASTAGE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MOTHER; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA VILLUS; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 3042581643     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-1-121     Document Type: Review

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