Stimuli through Toll-like receptor (TLR) 3 and 9 affect human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) production in a choriocarcinoma cell line

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-151

  Komine Aizawa, Shihoko ^a   Majima, Hiroko ^a   Yoshida Noro, Chiikako ^b   Hayakawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endogenous TLR ligands; Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); Toll like receptor (TLR); Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; FLAGELLIN; IMIQUIMOD; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFERTILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SUPERNATANT; TROPHOBLAST; UPREGULATION;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TROPHOBLASTS; UP-REGULATION; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 42149095391     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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