The maternal hormone-like cytokine XCL1 acts interacts with specific receptors (green) on the surface of specialized fetal placenta cells (red). c’, c’’ show specialized fetal cells with receptor expression (yellow). (IMAGE)

Weill Cornell Medicine

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