Uterine NK Cells, Spiral Artery Modification and the Regulation of Blood Pressure During Mouse Pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-481

  Burke, Suzanne D ^a   Barrette, Valerie F ^a   Gravel, Jonathan ^a   Carter, Alexandra L I ^a   Hatta, Kota ^a   Zhang, Jianhong ^a   Chen, Zhilin ^a   Leno Durán, Ester ^a   Bianco, Juares ^a   Leonard, Sean ^b   Murrant, Coral ^b   Adams, Michael A ^a   Anne Croy, B ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantation site; Intravital microscopy; Placenta; Radiotelemetry; UNK cell

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SPIRAL ARTERY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELEMETRY; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREEDING; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; UTERUS;

EID: 77953926082     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00818.x     Document Type: Review

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