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Placental Immune Defences - Protection Against Rejection and Infection

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Author

  • Maria Liljander
  • Marie Arvola
  • Ragnar Mattsson

Summary, in English

The placenta must not only provide nutrients and take care of fetal waste products, it also needs to protect the fetus from maternal immunological attacks while at the same time transmitting maternal immunoglobulins to ensure protection against infectious agents.

Department/s

  • Immunology

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Encyclopedia of life sciences

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Immunology in the medical area

Status

Published

Research group

  • Immunology