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IN an outbred population, the placenta is essentially an allograft and many hypotheses have been put forward to explain why it is not rejected by the mother during pregnancy. One possibility is that placental tissue is devoid of transplantation antigens or these antigens are prevented from being expressed.
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LOKE, Y., JOYSEY, V. & BORLAND, R. HL-A Antigens on Human Trophoblast Cells. Nature 232, 403–405 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232403a0
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