Toll-like receptors in the uterus, cervix, and placenta: is pregnancy an immunosuppressed state?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296.e1-296.e6

  Gonzalez, Juan M ^a   Xu, Hua ^a   Ofori, Ella ^a   Elovitz, Michal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

innate immune system; pregnancy; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

EID: 34548401280     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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