Cell-mediated Immunity and Pregnancy
1984; Elsevier BV; Volume: 86; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1378/chest.86.3.6s
ISSN1931-3543
Autores Tópico(s)Infant Nutrition and Health
ResumoThe survival of the fetal allograft is a remarkable phenomenon. The fetus contains a complement of paternal antigens, up to half of which are likely to be "foreign" to the mother. Mothers will reject grafts from their children. Yet, these same children were carried for nine months as "fetal allografts" and managed to escape rejection. Understanding of this phenomenon is incomplete but may be approached through brief analysis of the immunologic mechanisms of graft rejection and regulation of these immune mechanisms.
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