Human chorionic gonadotropin as a central regulator of pregnancy immune tolerance

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2650-2658

  Schumacher, Anne ^a   Heinze, Kristina ^a   Witte, Jeanette ^a   Poloski, Eileen ^a   Linzke, Nadja ^a   Woidacki, Katja ^a   Zenclussen, Ana C ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS;

EID: 84874922437     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1202698     Document Type: Article

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