Reply: First do no harm: continuing the uterine NK cell debate
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First do no harm: uterine natural killer (NK) cells in assisted reproduction
Natural killer (NK) cells are a type of lymphocyte circulating in peripheral blood named because of their effector functions in killing target cells. Immune cells that share similar phenotypic characteristics but are poor killers populate the uterine lining at implantation and during early pregnancy when the placenta is established. The functions of these uterine NK (uNK) cells are essentially ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Reproduction
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0268-1161,1460-2350
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dev290