NK cells and pre-eclampsia

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Goldman Wohl, Debra ^a   Yagel, Simcha ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Decidua; NK cell; Placenta; Pre eclampsia; Spiral artery

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HLA G ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECIDUA; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RISK FACTOR; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 39749201099     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1472-6483(10)60578-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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