Analysis of HLA-G in maternal plasma, follicular fluid, and preimplantation embryos reveal an asymmetric pattern of expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 4330-4337

  Shaikly, Valerie R ^a,b   Morrison, Ian E G ^a   Taranissi, Mohamed ^b   Noble, Clare V ^b   Withey, Anna D ^b   Cherry, Richard J ^a   Blois, Sandra M ^a   Fernández, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; HLA G ANTIGEN; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA-G ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL SURFACE; CHROMOSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORULA; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BLASTOCYST; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR FLUID; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVUM; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 44849132478     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.6.4330     Document Type: Article

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