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Endometrial granulocytes in human decidua react with a natural-killer (NK) cell marker, NKH1
1Department of Pathology, University of Leeds, U.K.
Immunology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
Lymphoid cells in decidualized uterine endometrium in early human pregnancy may be essential for successful implantation and placentation. Endometrial granulocytes are prominent in early pregnancy decidua and express some T-cell associated surface antigens (CD2+, CD7+), but little is known of their function. We report the unusually intense binding of the natural-killer (NK) cell marker NKH1 to endometrial granulocytes, which contrasts with their lack of reactivity with other NK-cell markers.