The authors review how maternal NK cells balance their double duty both in the local microenvironment of the uterus and systemically, during toxoplasmosis, influenza, cytomegalovirus, malaria and other infections that threat pregnancy.
[Mucosal Immunology]
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Shmeleva, E. V., & Colucci, F. (2021). Maternal natural killer cells at the intersection between reproduction and mucosal immunity. Mucosal Immunology, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41385-020-00374-3 Cite