Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , February 2008

DC-SIGN+ CD163+ Macrophages Expressing Hyaluronan Receptor LYVE-1 Are Located within Chorion Villi of the Placenta

  • B.C. Böckle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 504 22966.
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  • E. Sölder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • S. Kind

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • N. Romani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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  • N.T. Sepp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S0143-4004(07)00266-4

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.11.003

Placenta
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 187-192 , February 2008

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