The effect of pregnancy on the uterine NK cell KIR repertoire

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3017-3027

  Male, Victoria ^a,b   Sharkey, Andrew ^a   Masters, Leanne ^a   Kennedy, Philippa R ^a   Farrell, Lydia E ^a   Moffett, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

KIR; Mucosa; NK; Stroma; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CD161 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD9 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2A; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR NKG2D; PROTEIN KIR2D; PROTEIN P44; PROTEIN P46; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION; UTERUS;

ANTIGENS, CD; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, KIR; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 80053152684     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141445     Document Type: Article

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