The immune environment in human endometrium during the window of implantation

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-251

  Lobo, Shalini C ^a   Huang, S T Joseph ^a   Germeyer, Ariane ^a   Dosiou, Chrysoula ^a   Vo, Kim Chi ^a   Tulac, Suzana ^a   Nayak, Nihar R ^a   Giudice, Linda C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunology; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; LYMPHOTACTIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKAT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 7744237041     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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