Immune responses at the maternal-fetal interface

Science Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 31, 2019, Pages

  Ander, Stephanie E ^a,b   Diamond, Michael S ^c   Coyne, Carolyn B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MATERNAL FETAL INTERFACE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; ANIMAL; DECIDUA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; PLACENTA;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFECTIONS; LEUKOCYTES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85059917978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24709468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aat6114     Document Type: Review

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