Uterine natural killer cells as modulators of the maternal-fetal vasculature

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2-4, 2014, Pages 199-204

  Matson, Brooke C ^a   Caron, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NK cell; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Spiral artery remodeling; Trophoblast cell

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA G ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 8; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR 2DL4; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; PLACENTAL GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN C;

AM GENE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIRA GENE; KIRB GENE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; MATERNAL FETAL VASCULATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL VASCULAR REMODELING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE NATURAL KILLER CELL; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 84904193873     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.140032kc     Document Type: Article

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