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3202239

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
A total of 241 serum samples from 145 parous tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii) were screened for presence of antibodies to paternally derived antigens of the fetus. These samples were taken at different stages in late pregnancy after placental contact was intimate and after birth. Complement-dependent cytotoxicity tests were unable to detect any specific antibodies. It is concluded that the yolk sac placenta of M. eugenii does not allow intimate enough contact between fetal tissues and the maternal circulation to induce formation of cytotoxic antibodies by its mother. This is in contrast to eutherian mammals, in which such production of cytotoxic antibodies occurs frequently as a result of pregnancy. Together with other data it is suggested that the short implantation period in M. eugenii, which is common to all marsupials, has probably not evolved to prevent maternal immune attack upon the conceptus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
8755-8920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
145-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of evidence for complement-dependent cytotoxic antibodies to fetal paternally derived antigens in the marsupial Macropus eugenii (tammar wallaby).
pubmed:affiliation
School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't