The interface of the immune and reproductive systems in the ovary: Lessons learned from the corpus luteum of domestic animal models

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Pate, Joy L ^a   Toyokawa, Koji ^a   Walusimbi, Sadhat ^a   Brzezicka, Edyta ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Lymphocytes and luteal function; Resident leukocytes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; FRACTALKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULOSA CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESPAN; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; APOPTOSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LUTEAL CELLS; LUTEINIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77956251064     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00906.x     Document Type: Review

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