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Stranger in a strange land
14 Sept 2006
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian mothers and their embryos/fetuses are almost invariably genetically different, which raises the question of how the mother's immune system is diverted so as to permit cohabitation with the 'foreign' body. Several decades of research have shown that multiple cooperative systems sanction uteroplacental immune privilege. These systems include production of several varieties of soluble immunosuppressive...
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