Immunology of pregnancy / [edited by] Gil Mor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mor, Gil.

Series:

Medical intelligence unit (Unnumbered : 2003)

Medical intelligence unit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pregnancy--Immunological aspects.

Pregnancy--immunology.

Immunity.

Pregnancy.

Medical Subjects:

Pregnancy--immunology.

Immunity.

Pregnancy.

Physical Description:

323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Georgetown, Tex. : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; New York : Springer Science+Business Media, [2006]

Contents:

Evolution of the mammalian reproductive tract and placentation / Susan Richman and Frederick Naftolin

Toll-like receptors and pregnancy / Vikki M. Abrahams and Gil Mor

IL-10 and pregnancy / Shaun P. Murphy and Surendra Sharma

Th1/Th2 balance of the implantation site in humans / Shigeru Saito, Satomi Miyazaki, and Yasushi Sasaki

The regulation of human trophoblast apoptosis and survival during pregnancy / Shawn L. Straszewski-Chavez and Gil Mor

Macrophages and pregnancy / Gil Mor, Roberto Romero, and Vikki M. Abrahams

Potential role of glucocorticoids in the pathophysiology of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) / Seth Guller, Yuehong Ma, and Men-Jean Lee

NK cells and pregnancy / Mikael Eriksson, Satarupa Basu, and Charles L. Sentman

The role of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) on implantation and immunotolerance of the fetus / Sophia N. Kalantaridou ... [et al.]

Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase-dependent T cell suppression and pregnancy / Babak Baban, Phillip R. Chandler, and Andrew L. Mellor

Leukemia inhibitory factor in reproduction / Levent M. Senturk and Aydin Arici

Characterization of human dendritic cells at the materno-fetal interface / Ulrike Kämmerer ... [et al.]

MHC molecules of the preimplantation embryo and trophoblast / Martina Comiskey, Carol M. Warner, and Danny J. Schust

Actions of seminal plasma cytokines in priming female reproductive tract receptivity for embryo implantation / Sarah A. Robertson ... [et al.]

B7 family molecules in the placenta / Margaret G. Petroff

The role of regulatory T cells in materno-fetal tolerance / Varuna R. Aluvihare and Alexander G. Betz

The eutherian fetoembryonic defense system hypothesis: an update / Gary F. Clark ... [et al.]

The nature and role of the decidual T cells / Lucia Mincheva-Nilsson and Vladimir Baranov

Trophoblast cells as immune regulators / Gil Mor and Vikki M. Abrahams

Inherited thrombophilias and early pregnancy loss / Jens Langhoff-Roos ... [et al.]

Bi-directional cell trafficking during pregnancy: long-term consequences for human health / Kristina M. Adams and J. Lee Nelson

Term and preterm parturition / Roberto Romero ... [et al.]

Interleukin-1 and implantation / Jan-S. Krüssel ... [et al.]

Immunology and pregnancy losses: HLA, autoantibodies and cellular immunity / Joanne Kwak-Kim, Joon Woo Kim, and Alice Gilman-Sachs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0387306129

OCLC:

62161200