Split immunological tolerance to trophoblast

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 445-455

  de Mestre, Amanda ^a   Noronha, Leela ^b   Wagner, Bettina ^b   Antczak, Douglas F ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Lymphocyte; Pregnancy; Tolerance; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HORSES; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77950357112     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082795ad     Document Type: Article

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