Immunobiology of Reproduction

I. Hematopoietic Cells in Reproductive Tissues.- 1. Immunobiological Characterization of the Trophoblast-Decidual Interface in Human Pregnancy.- 2. Immunity in the Human Male Reproductive Tract.- 3. Endometriosis: Immune Cells and Their Products.- II. Growth Factors/Cytokines in the Female Reproductive Tract and Placenta.- 4. Cytokines and Pregnancy Recognition.- 5. Role of Locally Produced Growth Factors in Human Placental Growth and Invasion with Special Reference to Transforming Growth Factors.- 6. Uterine Epithelial GM-CSF and Its Interlocutory Role During Early Pregnancy in the Mouse.- 7. Tilt Toward TH2 in Successful Pregnancy.- 8. Use of the Osteopetrotic Mouse for Studying Macrophages in the Reproductive Tract.- III. Growth Factor Networks in Pregnancy Loss and Cancer.- 9. Novel Transforming Growth Factor Betas (TGF?2) in Pregnancy and Cancer.- 10. Tumor Necrosis Factor a: Potential Relationships with Cancers of the Female Reproductive Tract.- IV. Placental Expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex and Associated Genes.- 11. MHC Gene Expression in Placentas of Domestic Animals.- 12. MHC-Linked Genes and Their Role in Growth and Reproduction.- 13. Molecular Regulatory Mechanisms That Repress Classical HLA Class I Gene Expression in Human Placenta.- V. Experimental Models of MHC Gene Expression.- 14. Developmental Regulation of MHC Class I Gene Expression in Mice.- 15. Overexpression of Class I MHC in Murine Trophoblast and Increased Rates of Spontaneous Abortion.- VI Immunological Aspects of Human Infertility.- 16. Mechanism of Self-Tolerance and Autoimmune Disease Pathogenesis: Analysis Based on Ovarian Autoimmune Models.- 17. Immunobiological Effects of Vasectomy and Vasovasostomy in the Rat Model.- 18. Antiphospholipid Antibodies and PlacentalDevelopment.- 19. Immunotherapy for Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion.- 20. New Horizons in the Evaluation and Treatment of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.- Author Index.