Inflammation and pregnancy: The role of the immune system at the implantation site

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1221, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-87

  Mor, Gil ^a   Cardenas, Ingrid ^a   Abrahams, Vikki ^a   Guller, Seth ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Inflammation; Macrophages; Pregnancy; TH1 TH2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MUCIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; NIDATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE REPAIR; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 79952641196     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05938.x     Document Type: Article

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