Human leukocyte antigen-G in the male reproductive system and in seminal plasma

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 727-738

  Larsen, Margit Hørup ^a,b   Bzorek, Michael ^c   Pass, Malene B ^a   Larsen, Lise Grupe ^c   Nielsen, Mette Weidinger ^c   Svendsen, Signe Goul ^a   Lindhard, Anette ^a   Hviid, Thomas Vauvert F ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HLA G; Male reproductive system; MHC; Reproduction; Seminal plasma

Indexed keywords

HLA G ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINAL PLASMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; HLA-G ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROTOMY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLACENTA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEMEN; SOLUBILITY; TESTIS;

EID: 81255169169     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar052     Document Type: Article

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