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Cultured human decidual stromal cells express B7-1 (CD80) and B7-2 (CD86) and stimulate allogeneic T cells.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Sept 1997
Olivares E G, Montes M J, Oliver C, Galindo J A, Ruiz C
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The origin and function of decidual stromal cells (DSC), the main cellular component of the decidua, are uncertain. Although the general consensus is that they are fibroblastic cells involved in fetal trophoblast nutrition, several authors have demonstrated that these cells can carry out immunological functions and that at least a subpopulation of them may be of hematopoietic origin. Human DSC precursors or...
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