Uterine NK Cells and Trophoblast HLA Class I Molecules

Biology of Natural Killer Cells

1989 • 2,970 citations

A Class I Antigen, HLA-G, Expressed in Human Trophoblasts

1990 • 1,417 citations

RECEPTORS FOR HLA CLASS-I MOLECULES IN HUMAN NATURAL KILLER CELLS

1996 • 871 citations

Human placental HLA-G expression is restricted to differentiated cytotrophoblasts.

1995 • 479 citations

The membrane-bound and soluble forms of HLA-G bind identical sets of endogenous peptides but differ with respect to TAP association

1995 • 320 citations

Human implantation : cell biology and immunology

1995 • 298 citations

Inhibitory MHC class I receptors on NK cells and T cells

1996 • 288 citations

Evidence for the expression of HLAA-C class I mRNA and protein by human first trimester trophoblast.

1996 • 259 citations

The enigma of the natural killer cell

1995 • 236 citations

Expression of killer cell inhibitory receptors on human uterine natural killer cells

1997 • 187 citations

CD94 and a Novel Associated Protein (94AP) Form a NK Cell Receptor Involved in the Recognition of HLA-A, HLA-B, and HLA-C Allotypes

1996 • 187 citations

Distinctive polymorphism at the HLA-C locus: implications for the expression of HLA-C.

1992 • 172 citations

Heterogeneous phenotypes of expression of the NKB1 natural killer cell class I receptor among individuals of different human histocompatibility leukocyte antigens types appear genetically regulated, but not linked to major histocompatibililty complex haplotype.

1996 • 158 citations

Evaluation of trophoblast HLA‐G antigen with a specific monoclonal antibody

1997 • 146 citations

HLA-G polymorphisms in African Americans.

1994 • 105 citations

Human uterine NK cells have a similar repertoire of killer inhibitory and activatory receptors to those found in blood, as demonstrated by RT-PCR and sequencing

1997 • 89 citations

Reciprocal expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-R) and c-erbB2 by non-invasive and invasive human trophoblast populations

1994 • 83 citations

Hematopoietic stem cells are not direct cytotoxic targets of natural killer cells

1996 • 77 citations

Complete nucleotide sequence of a unique HLA class I C locus product expressed on the human choriocarcinoma cell line BeWo.

1989 • 68 citations

Antigenic heterogeneity of human cytotrophoblast and evidence for the transient expression of MHC class I antigens distinct from HLA-G

1993 • 63 citations

Detection of membrane-bound HLA-G translated products with a specific monoclonal antibody.

1995 • 43 citations

Functional Resemblance between the Ig-Related NK Cell Receptors Specific for HLA Class I Molecules and the CD94 C-Type Lectin

1996 • 4 citations