'Sweetening' Pregnancy: Galectins at the Fetomaternal Interface

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 369-382

  Blidner, Ada G ^a   Rabinovich, Gabriel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Fetomaternal tolerance; Galectins; Immune privilege; Implantation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ECALECTIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 10; GALECTIN 12; GALECTIN 13; GALECTIN 14; GALECTIN 15; GALECTIN 2; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 4; GALECTIN 7; GALECTIN 8; GLYCAN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE 2; LECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 3;

FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL HYPOXIA; DENDRITIC CELLS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GALECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84875050777     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12090     Document Type: Review

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