Isolation of cells from the feto-maternal interface

Current Protocols in Immunology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.97, 2012, Pages

  Male, Victoria ^a,b   Gardner, Lucy ^a   Moffett, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidua; Endometrium; Natural killer cells; Pregnancy; Stromal cells; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD9 ANTIGEN; FIBRONECTIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS CIRCULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

CELL SEPARATION; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84863832442     PISSN: 19343671     EISSN: 1934368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142735.im0740s97     Document Type: Article

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