Immunoregulatory molecules in human placentas: potential for diverse roles in pregnancy

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Molecules with immunological functions abound in hemochorial mammalian placentas where maternal blood and tissues are in direct contact with fetal placental cells. For the most part, investigators have focused on the possibility that these molecules are primarily in place for the purpose of preventing maternal immune mechanisms from attacking the genetically different fetal cells. Yet information collected in...

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