First trimester trophoblast cells secrete Fas ligand which induces immune cell apoptosis
Abrahams VM, Straszewski-Chavez S, Guller S, Mor G. First trimester trophoblast cells secrete Fas ligand which induces immune cell apoptosis. Molecular Human Reproduction 2004, 10: 55-63. PMID: 14665707, DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst trimester trophoblast cellsImmune privilegeTrophoblast cellsFas/Fas ligand (FasL) apoptotic pathwayMaternal immune recognitionMaternal immune systemImmune cell apoptosisSecretion of FasLT cell deathPaternal alloantigensAllograft rejectionNormal pregnancyPeripheral toleranceImmune recognitionImmune systemRelease of microvesiclesFas ligandCell apoptosisVivo studiesFasLMembrane-associated expressionTrophoblastIntracellular FasLApoptotic pathwayDeath