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Isolation of Leukocytes from the Murine Tissues at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Published on: May 21, 2015
[Role of bacterial lipopolysaccharides in provoking immune conflict in the mother-fetus system]
Abstract:
The paper analyzes the role of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) substances of gram-negative bacteria in occurrence of the immune conflict in the mother-fetus system. Proceeding from experimental evidence, the author advances the hypothesis that the immune conflict between the mother and her fetus is induced by bacterial LPS. In so doing, the bacterial agents play a subsidiary role by replacing T helpers when the mother's organism develops an immune response to antigenic determinants of fetal erythrocytes.
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