Maternal background strain influences fetal-maternal trafficking more than maternal immune competence in mice

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Kallenbach, Lisa R ^a   Bianchi, Diana W ^a   Peter, Inga ^b   Stroh, Helene ^a   Johnson, Kirby L ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Background strain; Fetal cell trafficking; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; ENDOGLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CELL SUSPENSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MATING; MICROCHIMERISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960276963     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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