Human leucocyte antigen (HLA) expression of primary trophoblast cells and placental cell lines, determined using single antigen beads to characterize allotype specificities of anti-HLA antibodies

Immunology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-39

  Apps, Richard ^b   Murphy, Shawn P ^c   Fernando, Raymond ^d   Gardner, Lucy ^b   Ahad, Tashmeeta ^b   Moffett, Ashley ^a,b  

^a Tennis Court Road ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human leucocyte antigen; Major histocompatibility complex; Placenta; Reproductive immunology; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ALLOTYPE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL LINE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; PLACENTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 63849192339     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.03019.x     Document Type: Article

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