Evolution of (our) concepts on key determinants of a successful pregnancy

Advances in Neuroimmune Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Chaouat, Gérard ^a   Petit, Fabrice G ^a   Petitbarat, Marie ^a   Rahmati, Mona ^a   Dubanchet, Sylvie ^a   Valdivia, Karina ^a   Lédée, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 18; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

EID: 84860131500     PISSN: 1878948X     EISSN: 18789498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NIB-2011-025     Document Type: Article

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