Manifestations of immune tolerance in the human female reproductive tract

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue FRB, 2013, Pages

  Clark, Gary F ^a   Schust, Danny J ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Human; Immune privilege; Semen; Trophoblast; Vagina

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA E ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; INDOLEAMINE 2, 3 DIOXYGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN E3; PROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; SIALYL LEWIS X ANTIGEN; TAMM HORSFALL GLYCOPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84883697631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00026     Document Type: Review

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