NK cells and human pregnancy - an inflammatory view

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 399-404

  Sargent, Ian L ^a   Borzychowski, Angela M ^a   Redman, Christopher W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; STIMULUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 33747065908     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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