Expression of allograft inflammatory factor-1 in mouse uterus and poly(I:C)-induced fetal resorption

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-112

  Shimada, Shigeki ^a,b   Iwabuchi, Kazuya ^a   Watano, Keiko ^a   Shimizu, Hidemi ^b   Yamada, Hideto ^b   Minakami, Hisanori ^b   Onoé, Kazunori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AIF 1; Estrous cycle; Fetal resorption; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; BETA ACTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS RESORPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POPULATION SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FETAL RESORPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; PLACENTA; POLY I-C; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERUS;

EID: 0038498079     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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