Granulysin produced by uterine natural killer cells induces apoptosis of extravillous trophoblasts in spontaneous abortion

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 653-664

  Nakashima, Akitoshi ^a   Shiozaki, Arihiro ^a   Myojo, Subaru ^a   Ito, Mika ^a   Tatematsu, Mikiko ^a   Sakai, Masatoshi ^a   Takamori, Yasushi ^b   Ogawa, Kazuyuki ^c   Nagata, Kinya ^c   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b StemCell Institute Inc   (Japan)

^c BML   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CD56BRIGHT ANTIGEN; GRANULYSIN; GRANZYME B; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PERFORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; EXTRAVILLOUS TROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 51349159696     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.071169     Document Type: Article

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