Controlling the immunological crosstalk during conception and pregnancy: HLA-G in reproduction

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Nilsson, Line Lynge ^a   Djurisic, Snezana ^a   Hviid, Thomas Vauvert F ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HLA class Ib; HLA G; Human reproduction; MHC; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; HLA G ANTIGEN; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONCEPTION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OVARY CYCLE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84905443509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00198     Document Type: Review

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