Fetal tolerance in human pregnancy-A crucial balance between acceptance and limitation of trophoblast invasion

Immunology Letters

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  von Rango, Ulrike ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EVT invasion; Fetal tolerance; Feto maternal interface

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; FETAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL INVASION; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NUTRITION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 37349103901     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.09.014     Document Type: Review

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