Natural immunity.
Discontinued
Publisher:
S. Karger,
Frequency: Bimonthly
Country: Switzerland
Language: English
Start Year:1992 - 1998
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1018-8916 (Print) 1018-8916 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 9206126 |
| (DNLM): | SR0073468(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 25482135 |
| Coden: | NAIMEL |
| Classification: | W1 NA805C |
Uterine natural killer cells in species with epitheliochorial placentation. The epitheliochorial placenta represents the least intimate association between maternal and fetal tissues. The best known examples of this form of placentation are the domestic livestock species. Current information on the nature and proposed functions of uterine lymphocyte populations in ruminants (sheep and cattle), horses and pigs is presented. In ruminants unusual gamma delta T cells may play a role in mid to late gestation. During normal horse pregnancy, fetally derived endometrial cup cells invade the uterine stroma and are destroyed by maternal leukocytes midway through gestation. Natu...