Extracellular vesicles and their immunomodulatory functions in pregnancy

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 425-437

  Nair, Soumyalekshmi ^a   Salomon, Carlos ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Exosomes; Extracellular vesicles; Immune response; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; EXOSOME; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EXOSOMES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85044784500     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-018-0680-2     Document Type: Review

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