T helper cell mediated-tolerance towards fetal allograft in successful pregnancy

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Piccinni, Marie Pierre ^a,b   Lombardelli, Letizia ^a,b   Logiodice, Federica ^a,b   Kullolli, Ornela ^a,b   Romagnani, Sergio ^a,b   Bouteiller, Philippe Le ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Allograft; Pregnancy; T helper cells; Th1; Th17; Th2

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; HLA C ANTIGEN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 84931037798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12948-015-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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