ea0022s19.3 | Fetal microchimerism as an explanation of disease | ECE2010
Badenhoop Klaus
Autoimmunity has been associated with maternalfetal microchimerism both in animal models and in human observational studies. The concept has been studied in various model systems, organ involvements and epidemiological studies. The sensitivity to detect such microchimers (fetal cells in maternal tissue: fetalmaternal microchimerism, maternalfetal: maternal cells in a childs compartment) varies with the methods applied and the reproducibility of detectio...