The Th1/Th2 paradigm: Still important in pregnancy?

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-113

  Chaouat, Gérard ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Implantation; Pregnancy; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGENICITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HOMING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 34547491690     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-007-0069-0     Document Type: Review

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