The hidden maternal-fetal interface: Events involving the lymphoid organs in maternal-fetal tolerance

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 421-430

  Taglauer, Elizabeth S ^a   Adams Waldorf, Kristina M ^b   Petroff, Margaret G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Dendritic cell; Fetal antigen; Lymph node; Maternal fetal interface; Maternal fetal tolerance; Placenta; Regulatory T cells; Spleen; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; ESTROGEN; FETAL ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE; FETOPROTEIN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; PLACENTA; REVIEW; SPLEEN;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN;

EID: 77950354082     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082800et     Document Type: Article

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