Uterine NK cells in murine pregnancy

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-226

  Bilinski, M J ^a   Thorne, J G ^a   Oh, M J ^a   Leonard, S ^b   Murrant, C ^b   Tayade, C ^b   Croy, B A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Chemokines; Endometrial angiogenesis; Intravital microscopy; Lymphocyte differentiation; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CHEMOKINE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; L SELECTIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL CYCLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE NATURAL KILLER CELL;

EID: 39749184924     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60577-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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