Chimeric maternal cells with tissue-specific antigen expression and morphology are common in infant tissues

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-346

  Stevens, Anne M ^a,b,c,d   Hermes, Heidi M ^d   Kiefer, Meghan M ^d   Rutledge, Joe C ^b,e   Nelson, J Lee ^d,e  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Fetal development; Maternal microchimerism; Pregnancy; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LUNG; MALE; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPLEEN; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHIMERA; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 70350708148     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/08-07-0499.1     Document Type: Article

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