Human decidual tissue contains differentiated CD8+ effector-memory T cells with unique properties

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 4470-4477

  Tilburgs, Tamara ^a,b   Schonkeren, Dorrith ^b   Eikmans, Michael ^b   Nagtzaam, Nicole M ^b   Datema, Gert ^b   Swings, Godelieve M ^b   Prins, Frans ^b   Van Lith, Jan M ^b   Van Der Mast, Barbara J ^b   Roelen, Dave L ^b   Scherjon, Sicco A ^b   Claas, Frans H ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD27 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD45RA ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; GRANZYME B; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN; GRANZYME;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SEPARATION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERFORIN; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 77958126679     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0903597     Document Type: Article

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