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JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 3-7Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(01)00065-1
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The physiological protection from fetal rejection is believed to be dependent on a Th2 type of inflammatory response at the maternal-fetal interface and the cytokines IL-4 and IL-10 have been suggested to play a critical role. We here present data from breeding experiments with IL-10 and IL-4 double-deficient mice indicating that neither maternal nor feto-placental deficiency of these cytokines are crucial for fetal or neonatal survival. The present study does not analyse possible developmental effects of maternal or fetal IL-10 and IL-4 double-deficiency in detail, but shows that an apparently normal breeding can be achieved in different crossings, providing that the mice are kept under very clean conditions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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