Uterine Spiral Artery Remodeling: The Role of Uterine Natural Killer Cells and Extravillous Trophoblasts in Normal and High-Risk Human Pregnancies

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Tessier, Daniel R ^a,b   Yockell Lelièvre, Julien ^b   Gruslin, Andrée ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extravillous trophoblast; Pregnancy complications; Uterine natural killer cells; Uterine spiral artery remodeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVILLOUS TROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FETUS CIRCULATION; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MYOMETRIUM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TROPHOBLAST; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE SPIRAL ARTERY REMODELING; UTERUS DISEASE; VASCULAR REMODELING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

NATURAL KILLER CELL RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RECEPTORS, NATURAL KILLER CELL; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS; VASCULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84931565737     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12345     Document Type: Article

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