Decidual leucocyte populations in early to late gestation normal human pregnancy

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-31

  Williams, P J ^a   Searle, R F ^a   Robson, S C ^a   Innes, B A ^a   Bulmer, J N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Leucocytes; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD161 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CD94 ANTIGEN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

ANTIGENS, CD; CELL COUNT; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70149109981     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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