A Variety of Opportunities for Immune Interactions During Trophoblast Development and Invasion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 349-357

  Huppertz, Berthold ^a   Berghold, Veronika M ^a   Kawaguchi, Rie ^b   Gauster, Martin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Human placenta; Invasion; Spiral artery; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6BETA4 INTEGRIN; GROWTH FACTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS WASTAGE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; MYOMETRIUM; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TERATOGENESIS; TROPHOBLAST;

EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 84859720478     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01124.x     Document Type: Review

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