Maternal CD4ρ and CD8ρ T cell tolerance towards a fetal minor histocompatibility antigen in T cell receptor transgenic mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Perchellet, Antoine L ^a   Jasti, Susmita ^a   Petroff, Margaret G ^a  

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

Author keywords

fetal antigen; MHC class I; MHC class II; Pregnancy; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; EPITOPE; FETAL ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 LIGAND 1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOLOGY; FETUS RESORPTION; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOPOIESIS; METABOLISM; MHC CLASS I; MHC CLASS II; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

FETAL ANTIGEN; MHC CLASS I; MHC CLASS II; PREGNANCY; T CELLS;

ANIMALS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CROSSES, GENETIC; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; LYMPHOPOIESIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY MAINTENANCE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84897509835     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.110445     Document Type: Article

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