Ovarian insufficiency and early pregnancy loss induced by activation of the innate immune system

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-48

  Erlebacher, Adrian ^a,b   Zhang, Dorothy ^a   Parlow, Albert F ^c   Glimcher, Laurie H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; PROLACTIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; CORPUS LUTEUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; INFLAMMATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3242807444     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200420645     Document Type: Article

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