Placental Protein 13 (PP13) – a placental immunoregulatory galectin protecting pregnancy

Placental Protein 13 (PP13) – a placental immunoregulatory galectin protecting pregnancy

Galectins are glycan-binding proteins that regulate innate and adaptive immune responses, and some confer maternal-fetal immune tolerance in eutherian mammals. A chromosome 19 cluster of galectins has emerged in anthropoid primates, species with deep placentation and long gestation. Three of the fiv...

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Main Authors: Nandor Gabor Than, Andrea eBalogh, Robert eRomero, Eva eKarpati, Offer eErez, Andras eSzilagyi, Ilona eKovalszky, Marei eSammar, Sveinbjorn eGizurarson, Janos eMatko, Peter eZavodszky, Zoltan ePapp, Hamutal eMeiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
Actin Cytoskeleton
Lectins
evolution
biomarker
danger signal
extracellular vesicles
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00348/full

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