Soluble HLA-G is absent from human embryo cultures: A reassessment of sHLA-G detection methods

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Sageshima, Noriko ^a   Shobu, Takanori ^a   Awai, Keiko ^b   Hashimoto, Hiratsugu ^b   Yamashita, Masanori ^c   Takeda, Nobuyoshi ^d   Odawara, Yasushi ^d   Nakanishi, Mari ^a   Hatake, Katsuhiko ^a   Ishitani, Akiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aska Women's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Yamashita Ladies' Clinic   (Japan)

^d Fertility Clinic Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELISA; Embryos; Soluble HLA G

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447571906     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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