Characterization of immune cells and cytokine localization in the rat utero-placental unit mid- to late gestation

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-101

  Tessier, Daniel R ^a   Raha, Sandeep ^b   Holloway, Alison C ^b   Yockell Lelièvre, Julien ^c   Tayade, Chandrakant ^d   Gruslin, Andrée ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interferon gamma; Interleukin 10; Neutrophils; Rat pregnancy; Tumor necrosis factor alpha; Uterine natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TROPHOBLAST; UMBILICAL CORD; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PLACENTA; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; UTERUS;

EID: 84931578709     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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