Functional HY-Specific CD8+ T Cells Are Found in a High Proportion of Women Following Pregnancy with a Male Fetus1

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Recent studies have demonstrated that fetal cells can be detected in the maternal circulation during virtually all human pregnancies. These fetal cells can engraft and may be isolated for many decades after pregnancy, leading to a state that may be maintained by the passage of pregnancy-associated progenitor cells. The clinical consequences of fetal cell microchimerism are unclear but may be potentially...

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