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IL-10 and Pregnancy

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Immunology of Pregnancy

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Abstract

Soon after the principles of nonself immunological recognition were discovered, it was realized that the state of pregnancy seemingly presents a paradox. In an outbreed population, half of the fetal genes are paternal, thus the fetus may be considered a semi-allograft. Yet, unlike the outcome of a surgical tissue graft, the mother tolerates and nurtures the fetus.

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Murphy, S.P., Sharma, S. (2006). IL-10 and Pregnancy. In: Mor, G. (eds) Immunology of Pregnancy. Medical Intelligence Unit. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34944-8_3

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