ON THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF HUMAN UTERINE GRANULAR LYMPHOCYTES

被引:288
作者
KING, A
LOKE, YW
机构
[1] Dept of Pathology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, Tennis Court Road
来源
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY | 1991年 / 12卷 / 12期
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10.1016/0167-5699(91)90014-K
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
The 'foetal allograft' concept of the maternal-foetal relationship is currently being questioned. This is partly due to the increasing awareness of uterine large granular lymphocytes, a subset of natural killer cells found in the human endometrium at the time of placentation. Analogous cells are present in several species. The possible role of these cells in the regulation of the trophoblast-maternal interface is discussed here by Ashley King and Yung Wai Loke.
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