Regulatory T Cells are Baby's Best Friends

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 331-339

  Teles, Ana ^a   Zenclussen, Ana Claudia ^a   Schumacher, Anne ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Tolerance; Treg

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84875053369     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12067     Document Type: Review

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