Specialized cells maintain healthy pregnancy by teaching the mother's immune system not to attack developing fetus
- Written by Eva Gillis-Buck, Resident Physician, University of California, San Francisco
During pregnancy, the body's specialized immune cells must learn to recognize the fetus as part of the self so that they don't attack it.Raja Segar via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
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During pregnancy, immune educator cells teach the mother’s immune system to recognize...