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The combination of maternal KIR-B and fetal HLA-C2 is associated with decidua basalis acute atherosis in pregnancies with preeclampsia.
Journal of reproductive immunology - 1 Sept 2018
Johnsen Guro M, Størvold Gro L, Drabbels Jos J M, Haasnoot Geert W, Eikmans Michael, Spruyt-Gerritse Marijke J, Alnæs-Katjavivi Patji, Scherjon Sicco A, Redman Christopher W G, Claas Frans H J, Staff Anne Cathrine
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Acute atherosis is an arterial lesion most often occurring in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia, a hypertensive pregnancy disorder. Acute atherosis predominates in the maternal spiral arteries in the decidua basalis layer of the pregnant uterus. This layer forms the fetal-maternal immunological interface, where fetal extravillous trophoblasts interact with maternal immune cells to promote decidual spiral...
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