Uterine NK Cells Are Critical in Shaping DC Immunogenic Functions Compatible with Pregnancy Progression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  González, Irene Tirado ^a   Barrientos, Gabriela ^a,b   Freitag, Nancy ^a   Otto, Teresa ^c   Thijssen, Victor L J L ^d   Moschansky, Petra ^a   von Kwiatkowski, Petra ^a   Klapp, Burghard F ^a   Winterhager, Elke ^c   Bauersachs, Stefan ^e   Blois, Sandra M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; T CELL DEPLETION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 84867295572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046755     Document Type: Article

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