Quantified colocalization reveals heterotypic histocompatibility class i antigen associations on trophoblast cell membranes: Relevance for human pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Jabeen, Asma ^a   Miranda Sayago, José Maria ^a   Obara, Boguslaw ^b   Spencer, Patrick Simon ^a   Dealtry, Gill Barbara ^c   Hayrabedyan, Soren ^d   Shaikly, Valerie ^e   Laissue, Pierre Philippe ^a   Fernández, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction   (Bulgaria)

^e Assisted Reproduction and Gynecology Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioimaging; Bioinformatics; Immunology; Implantation; MHC class I; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Trophoblasts

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PROGESTERONE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHORIOCARCINOMA CELL LINE; CYTOPLASM; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

BIOIMAGING; BIOINFORMATICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; MHC CLASS I; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS;

CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY, MATERNAL-FETAL; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HLA-G ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYBRID CELLS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84899877832     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.111963     Document Type: Article

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