During pregnancy, the maternal uterus and fetus form a special microenvironment at the
maternal-fetal interface to support fetal development. Extravillous trophoblasts (EVTs) …

During pregnancy, semiallogeneic fetal extravillous trophoblasts (EVT) invade the uterine
mucosa without being rejected by the maternal immune system. Several mechanisms were …

Understanding how signals are integrated to control natural killer (NK) cell responsiveness
in the absence of antigen-specific receptors has been a challenge, but recent work has …

Stimulation or tolerance of natural killer (NK) cells is achieved through a cross‐talk of signals
derived from cell surface activating and inhibitory receptors. Killer cell immunoglobulin‐like …

ABSTRACT NK cells control tumor and virus-infected cells through releasing cytotoxic
granules and proinflammatory cytokines. IFN-γ and TNF-α secretions and cytotoxicity are …

Natural killer cells (NK cells) play an important role in innate immunity. NK cells recognize
self and nonself depending on the balance of activating receptors and inhibitory receptors …

The interaction of noncytotoxic decidual natural killer cells (dNK) and extravillous
trophoblasts (EVT) at the maternal–fetal interface was studied. Confocal microscopy …

KIR2DL4 is an unusual killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) family member in terms
of its structure, expression, cellular localization, and signaling properties. The most …

Natural killer (NK) cells, which have an essential role in immune defense, also contribute to
reproductive success. NK cells are abundant at the maternal–fetal interface, where soluble …

DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) is a pleiotropic protein kinase
that plays critical roles in cellular processes fundamental to cancer. DNA-PKcs expression …