The Placenta in Toxicology. Part II:Systemic and Local Immune Adaptations in Pregnancy

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-338

  Svensson Arvelund, Judit ^a   Ernerudh, Jan ^a   Buse, Eberhard ^b   Cline, J Mark ^c   Haeger, Jan Dirk ^d   Dixon, Darlene ^e   Markert, Udo R ^f   Pfarrer, Christiane ^d   Vos, Paul de ^g   Faas, Marijke M ^g  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Covance Laboratories ^*  (Germany)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

decidua; immune regulation; leukocytes; placenta; pregnancy; tolerance

Indexed keywords

DECIDUA; IMMUNE REGULATION; LEUKOCYTES; PLACENTA.; PREGNANCY; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANGIOGENESIS; DECIDUA; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TH2 CELL; TOXICOLOGY; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84893603899     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623313482205     Document Type: Article

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