From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernst Hofbauer (b. 22 August 1925 Vienna, Austria - d. 24 February 1984 Munich, Germany at age 58) was an Austrian film director. During the early 1970s, in ...
Hofbauer cells are specialised fetal macrophages residing within the placental villous stroma that orchestrate a delicate balance between immune tolerance and defence at the maternal-fetal interface.