Immune balance at the foeto-maternal interface as the fulcrum of reproductive success

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-42

  Hemberger, Myriam ^a,b  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine milieu; Epigenetic vulnerability; Spiral artery remodelling; Trophoblast; Uterine natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84874547618     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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