Immunological Tolerance of the Human Fetus

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Why is the fetus not rejected as foreign tissue? The maternal and fetal immune systems temporarily coexist; both are precisely tuned to detect and reject foreign invasion and yet somehow achieve a symbiotic relationship. This mutual state of tolerance is obviously critical for carrying pregnancy to full term. Two active arms of the immune system maintain protection of the host: the first of these involves a...

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