Minor Histocompatibility Antigens and the Maternal Immune Response to the Fetus During Pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-314

  Linscheid, Caitlin ^a   Petroff, Margaret G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Minor histocompatibility antigens; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EX VIVO STUDY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; Y CHROMOSOME;

FEMALE; FETUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84875055748     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12075     Document Type: Review

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