The up side of decidual natural killer cells: New developments in immunology of pregnancy

Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 490-497

  Jabrane Ferrat, Nabila ^a,b   Siewiera, Johan ^a,b  

^a France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Decidua; Natural killer cells; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; FETAL ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 7; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INVASION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORION VILLUS; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DECIDUAL NATURAL KILLER CELL; FETUS CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATERNAL BLOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOBLAST;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DECIDUA; NATURAL KILLER CELLS; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84895809996     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12218     Document Type: Review

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