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MAIT Cells at the Fetal-Maternal Interface During Pregnancy.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Kaipe Helen, Raffetseder Johanna, Ernerudh Jan, Solders Martin, Tiblad Eleonor
Abstract excerpt
One of the main functions of the human placenta is to provide a barrier between the fetal and maternal blood circulations, where gas exchange and transfer of nutrients to the developing fetus take place. Despite being a barrier, there is a multitude of crosstalk between maternal immune cells and fetally derived semi-allogeneic trophoblast cells. Therefore, the maternal immune system has a difficult task to both...
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