Effect of the conceptus on uterine natural killer cell numbers and function in the mouse uterus during decidualization

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 579-588

  Herington, Jennifer L ^a   Bany, Brent M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Immunology; Implantation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; BROXURIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; DECIDUOMA; DOLICHOS; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTIN BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-15; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERUS;

DOLICHOS BIFLORUS;

EID: 33947527145     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.106.056630     Document Type: Article

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