Distribution patterns of immunocompetent cells in the pregnant mouse uteri carrying allogeneic mouse and xenogeneic vole embryos

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-55

  Widayati, Diah Tri ^a,b   Ohmori, Yasushige ^a   Fukuta, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GADJAH MADA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Mast cell; Mouse; Uterine natural killer cell; Vole; Xenogeneic pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE STRAIN; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VOLE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; UTERUS; XENOGRAFT;

MURIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 4243189426     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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