Human leukocyte antigen F protein is expressed in the extra-villous trophoblasts but not on the cell surface of them

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 172-177

  Nagamatsu, Takeshi ^a   Fujii, Tomoyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Junko ^a   Yamashita, Takahiro ^a   Kozuma, Shiro ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Extra villous trophoblast; Human leukocyte antigen F; Placenta

Indexed keywords

HLA F ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33746609020     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2006.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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