Uterine DCs are essential for pregnancy

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3832-3835

  Pollard, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO LOSS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1;

EID: 57449098891     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI37733     Document Type: Note

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