Uterine natural killer cells are immunogenic in syngeneic male mice

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-25

  Bizinotto, Marcia C ^a   Tamashiro, Wirla M S C ^a   Gabriel, Dirce L ^a   Yamada, Aureo T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody; Immune response; uNK cell

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TISSUE SECTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD56; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 53349147071     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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