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Minor Histocompatibility Antigens Are Expressed in Syncytiotrophoblast and Trophoblast Debris
8 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
The fetal semi-allograft can induce expansion and tolerance of antigen-specific maternal T and B cells through paternally inherited major histocompatibility complex and minor histocompatibility antigens (mHAgs). The effects of these antigens have important consequences on the maternal immune system both during and long after pregnancy. Herein, we investigate the possibility that the placental syncytiotrophoblast...
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