Tolerance to the Foetal Allograft?

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 624-636

  Chaouat, Gérard ^a   Petitbarat, Marie ^a   Dubanchet, Sylvie ^a   Rahmati, Mona ^a   Ledée, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Placenta; Pregnancy; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; FRACTALKINE; GALECTIN 1; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RANTES; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ABORTION; ALLOGRAFT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MULTIPARA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST; AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; PLACENTA; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 77953918919     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00832.x     Document Type: Review

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