Nature Medicine
4, 1128 - 1129 (1998)
doi:10.1038/2624
Much IDO about pregnancyElizabeth A. Bonney1
& Polly Matzinger21
Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University
Medical School Atlanta, Georgia 30303
USA
2
Lab. of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, NIAID,
NIH Bethesda, Maryland 20892 USA
A recent study suggests that immunosuppression mediated by IDO, an enzyme
that catabolizes tryptophan, may prevent rejection of the fetus by the maternal
immune system.
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