DC within the pregnant mouse uterus influence growth and functional properties of uterine NK cells

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2203-2214

  Karsten, Christian M ^a   Behrends, Jochen ^a   Wagner, Arnika K ^a   Fuchs, Franca ^a   Figge, Julia ^a   Schmudde, Inken ^a   Hellberg, Lars ^a   Kruse, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC; Integrins; NK cells; Reproductive immunology; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4BETA7 INTEGRIN; BETA7 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; INTEGRIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MUCOSAL ADDRESSIN CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA INTEGRIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MADCAM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS; WILD TYPE; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD11B; ANTIGENS, CD11C; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; INTEGRIN BETA CHAINS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-15; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; P-SELECTIN; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 70249143638     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838844     Document Type: Article

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