Activated NK cells cause placental dysfunction and miscarriages in fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Activated NK cells cause placental dysfunction and miscarriages in fetal alloimmune thrombocytopenia

Fetal/neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is a gestational disease caused by maternal immune responses against fetal platelets. Using a FNAIT mouse model and human trophoblast cell lines, here the authors show that uterine natural killer cell-mediated trophoblast apoptosis contributes to FN...

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Main Authors: Issaka Yougbaré, Wei-She Tai, Darko Zdravic, Brigitta Elaine Oswald, Sean Lang, Guangheng Zhu, Howard Leong-Poi, Dawei Qu, Lisa Yu, Caroline Dunk, Jianhong Zhang, John G. Sled, Stephen J. Lye, Jelena Brkić, Chun Peng, Petter Höglund, B. Anne Croy, S. Lee Adamson, Xiao-Yan Wen, Duncan J. Stewart, John Freedman, Heyu Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00269-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00269-1

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