title: Immunology: why the baby isn't thrown out....
abstract: The reason the maternal immune system does not reject a foetus may involve the downregulation of T-cell receptors specific for paternal antigens. A similar mechanism may help explain the remission seen in autoimmune patients during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Transplantation Biology Group, Hammersmith Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance / Q000276:immunology*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell