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Maternal lymphocytes also interact with allogeneic MHC on fetal trophoblast cells. How the maternal immune system tolerate the semiallogeneic fetus is a fascinating question. But it may be the wrong question. Tissue lymphocytes, like uterine NK cells, do not attack the mismatched fetus and its placenta. Instead, they help the local vasculature to tolerate changes necessary to nourish the fetus. Education of uterine NK cells, driven by the ancient CD94:NKG2A inhibitory receptor and self-MHC, sets them up to deliver these key functions at the maternal\u2013fetal interface.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4049\/jimmunol.2200384","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,20]],"date-time":"2022-10-20T17:39:42Z","timestamp":1666287582000},"page":"1421-1425","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Uterine NK Cells Ace an \u201cA\u201d in Education: NKG2A Sets Up Crucial Functions at the Maternal\u2013Fetal Interface"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"209","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5193-6376","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Francesco","family":"Colucci","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Cambridge, National Institute for Health Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre , Cambridge, ; and , Cambridge,","place":["United Kingdom United Kingdom"]},{"name":"University of Cambridge Centre for Trophoblast Research , Cambridge, ; and , Cambridge,","place":["United Kingdom United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025021008342331500_r1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6565","DOI":"10.4049\/jimmunol.174.11.6565","article-title":"Missing self, NK cells, and The White Album","volume":"174","author":"Lanier","year":"2005","journal-title":"J. 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