Maternal decidual macrophages inhibit NK cell killing of invasive cytotrophoblasts during human pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Co, Elizabeth C ^a   Gormley, Matthew ^a   Kapidzic, Mirhan ^a   Rosen, David B ^a   Scott, Marvin A ^a   Stolp, Haley A R ^a   McMaster, Michael ^a   Lanier, Lewis L ^a   Bárcena, Alicia ^a   Fisher, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decidua; Macrophage; Natural killer cells; Placenta; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUA; FETUS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

DECIDUA; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELLS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

ANTIGENS, CD14; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD56; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MACROPHAGES; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, IGG; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84882277758     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.099465     Document Type: Article

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