Immunoregulation of fetal and anti-paternal immune responses

Immunologic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-113

  Seavey, Matthew M ^a,b   Mosmann, Tim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8 T cell; Estrogen; Pregnancy; Reproductive immunology; Semen

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEX HORMONE; SPERM ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMPLANTATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; BREEDING; FATHER; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOTHER; MOUSE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PLACENTA; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FETAL VIABILITY; FETUS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MOTHERS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44649162507     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-007-8005-x     Document Type: Review

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