Uterine natural killer cells pace early development of mouse decidua basalis

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-76

  Hofmann, A P ^a   Gerber, S A ^b   Croy, B A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Early pregnancy; Embryo development; UNK

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IL2RG PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR GAMMA; RAG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; ENGRAFTMENT; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HEART PROTECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE NATURAL KILLER CELL; UTERUS; UTERUS CAVITY; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD56; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; DECIDUA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN RECEPTOR COMMON GAMMA SUBUNIT; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 84899863070     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gat060     Document Type: Article

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