Maternal-Fetal Immune Tolerance, Block by Block
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How difficult is to go from egg to implanted embryo? The evolution of placentation in eutherian mammals created enormous challenges, in particular to the maternal immune system, as the fetus expresses paternal antigens that are capable of triggering immune rejection. Samstein et al. reveal a role for inducible regulatory T cells in the enforcement of maternal-fetal immune tolerance.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 150 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012