Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2010

Notch activation enhances IFNγ secretion by human peripheral blood and decidual NK cells

  • Irit Manaster

      Affiliations

    • The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, The BioMedical Research Institute, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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  • Roi Gazit

      Affiliations

    • Immune Disease Institute, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Debra Goldman-Wohl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital–Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Noam Stern-Ginossar

      Affiliations

    • The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, The BioMedical Research Institute, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Saar Mizrahi

      Affiliations

    • The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, The BioMedical Research Institute, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Simcha Yagel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah University Hospital–Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • ,
  • Ofer Mandelboim

      Affiliations

    • The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, The BioMedical Research Institute, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 2 6757515; fax: +972 2 6757227.

Received 24 August 2009 ,Revised 25 October 2009 ,Accepted 28 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2009.10.009

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 84, Issue 1 , Pages 1-7 , January 2010

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