A Lesson in Tolerance — Maternal Instruction to Fetal Cells
- 26 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 360 (13) , 1355-1357
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmcibr0810752
Abstract
Maternal microchimerism in fetal blood and tissue, which is probably a consequence of the induction of the regulatory T cells in fetal lymph nodes, has implications for immunosuppression and our understanding of autoimmunity.Keywords
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