References & Sources  -  September 5, 1998

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Don’t reject me, fetus tells Mom

A fetus may suppress its mother’s immune system to prevent its rejection.

 

References:

Munn, D.H. . . . A.L. Mellor. 1998. Prevention of allogeneic fetal rejection by tryptophan catabolism. Science 281(Aug. 21):1191.

 

Further Readings:

Yokoyama, W.M. 1997. The mother-child union: The case of missing-self and protection of the fetus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94(June):5998.

Sources:

Andrew L. Mellor
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pediatrics
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Programs in Molecular Immunology and Developmental Biology
1120 15th Street
Augusta, GA 30912

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