Medawar redux - an overview on the use of farm animal models to elucidate principles of reproductive immunology

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-230

  Hansen, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Farm animals; Reproductive immunology

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ERYTHROCYTE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FARM ANIMAL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UTERUS;

EID: 77956233455     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00900.x     Document Type: Review

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