Effects of early conceptus signals on circulating immune cells: Lessons from domestic ruminants

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-254

  Ott, Troy L ^a   Gifford, Craig A ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic gonadotropin; Conceptus; Immune; Interferon ; Leukocyte; Primate; Ruminant

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; I KAPPA B; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOTOXIN; PROGESTERONE;

BOVIDS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON TYPE I; LEUKOCYTES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRIMATES; RUMINANTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UTERUS;

EID: 77956240219     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00912.x     Document Type: Review

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