Male microchimerism in the human female brain.

In humans, naturally acquired microchimerism has been observed in many tissues and organs. Fetal microchimerism, however, has not been investigated in the human brain. Microchimerism of fetal as well as maternal origin has recently been reported in the mouse brain. In this study, we quantified male...

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Main Authors: William F N Chan, Cécile Gurnot, Thomas J Montine, Joshua A Sonnen, Katherine A Guthrie, J Lee Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3458919?pdf=render