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Isolation of Immune Cells from Placental Tissues and Phenotypic and Functional Analysis of MAIT Cells.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2020
Solders Martin, Gorchs Laia, Kaipe Helen
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The placenta is an immunological paradox since maternal immune cells infiltrating placental tissues need to be tolerant toward the fetus but still retain immunity against potential infections. This makes the placenta an interesting tissue for studying immunological processes. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of T cells that respond to bacterially derived metabolites of riboflavin...
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