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Maternal natural killer cells at the intersection between reproduction and mucosal immunity

Many maternal immune cells populate the decidua, which is the mucosal lining of the uterus transformed during pregnancy. Here, abundant natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages help the uterine vasculature adapt to fetal demands for gas and nutrients, thereby supporting fetal growth. Fetal trophobl...

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Autores principales: Shmeleva, Evgeniya V., Colucci, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8071844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33903735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41385-020-00374-3