Role of uterine natural killer cells in angiogenesis of human decidua of the first-trimester pregnancy

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-119

  Li, GuoHua ^a   Huang, Wei ^a   Xia, QingJie ^b   Yang, KaiXuan ^a   Liu, RaoFang ^a   Zhu, HuiLi ^a   Jiang, Wei ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ang2; Angiogenesis; Decidua; Uterine natural killer cells; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICROCIRCULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 38849137223     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: 18622798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-008-0027-7     Document Type: Article

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