Maternal microchimerism: Lessons learned from murine models

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-25

  Stelzer, Ina Annelies ^a   Thiele, Kristin ^a   Solano, Maria Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fetal immune ontogeny; Feto maternal immune cross talk; In utero programming; Maternal microchimerism; Mouse pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL MICROCHIMERISM; MICROCHIMERISM; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; CHIMERA; DISEASE MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERISM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOMODULATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84926250761     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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