Maternal immunity and pregnancy outcome: Focus on preconception and autophagy

Genes and Immunity

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-7

  Sisti, G ^a   Kanninen, T T ^a   Witkin, S S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALGRANULIN A; CHEMOKINE; PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AUTOPHAGY; BIRTH; DELIVERY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LABOR; MACROAUTOPHAGY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL IMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SPERM; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SEMEN; UTERUS; VAGINA;

EID: 84955413229     PISSN: 14664879     EISSN: 14765470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gene.2015.57     Document Type: Review

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