The role of glycodelin as an immune-modulating agent at the feto-maternal interface

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 124-127

  Alok, Anshula ^a   Karande, Anjali A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell proliferation; Fetal tolerance; Glycodelin; Immune cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CASPASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MONOCYTE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOMODULATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MITOCHONDRIA; MONOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 70449699587     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.06.261     Document Type: Article

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