The Changing Maternal "Self" Hypothesis: A Mechanism for Maternal Tolerance of the Fetus

Placenta

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 378-382

  Adams, K M ^a,b   Yan, Z ^a   Stevens, A M ^c   Nelson, J L ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dendritic cell; Human leukocyte antigens; Tolerance; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

FETAL ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLOIMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CLONAL ANERGY; DELIVERY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FETUS; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34247173568     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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