Pregnancy-associated immunoregulatory molecules discovered in ruminants and their possible relevance to other species

Chemical Immunology and Allergy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2005, Pages 109-116

  Hansen, Peter J ^a   Tekin, Şaban ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TAU INTERFERON;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BOVIDS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUTEOLYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SPECIES; TROPHOBLAST; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RUMINANTS; SERPINS; UTERUS;

EID: 30744454575     PISSN: 16602242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000087827     Document Type: Review

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