T cell behavior at the maternal-fetal interface

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 189-198

  Nancy, Patrice ^a   Erlebacher, Adrian ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Decidua; Fetomaternal tolerance; Placenta; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; RANTES;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DECIDUITIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DECIDUA; FOXP3 GENE; GENE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; VILLITIS OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84899723081     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.140054ae     Document Type: Article

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