Ultrastructural studies of implantation sites from mice deficient in uterine natural killer cells
JD Greenwood, K Minhas, JP Di Santo, M Makita… - Placenta, 2000 - Elsevier
Implantation sites from three strains of immunodeficient mice [tgϵ26, IL-2Rβ null× p56lcknull
and IL-2Rγ null, now known as common cytokine chain γ (γc) null], which lack uterine
natural killer (uNK) cells, are histologically abnormal. The related anomalies (found from day
10 of gestation) include the absence of aggregation of lymphocytes in the mesometrial
triangle, acellularity of the mesometrial decidua, decidual arteries with relatively thick walls
and reduced lumen diameters, unusual prominence of the endothelium in the major …
and IL-2Rγ null, now known as common cytokine chain γ (γc) null], which lack uterine
natural killer (uNK) cells, are histologically abnormal. The related anomalies (found from day
10 of gestation) include the absence of aggregation of lymphocytes in the mesometrial
triangle, acellularity of the mesometrial decidua, decidual arteries with relatively thick walls
and reduced lumen diameters, unusual prominence of the endothelium in the major …