Ultrastructural study of uterine natural killer cells found in pregnant, interleukin-2 receptor β-chain overexpressed transgenic mice

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-698

  Kokubu, Keiji ^a   Hondo, Eiichi ^a   Namba, Yasuharu ^a   Kusakabe, Ken ^b   Sagara, Eiji ^c   Kiso, Yasuo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2 receptor chain overexpression; Transgenic mouse; Ultrastructure; Uterine natural killer (uNK) cell

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; UTERUS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 30744444962     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17041     Document Type: Article

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