Increased production of β-defensin 3 (hBD-3) by human amniotic epithelial cells (HAEC) after activation of toll-like receptor 4 in chorioamnionitis

Inflammation Research

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Szukiewicz, D ^a   Szewczyk, G ^a   Pyzlak, M ^a   Klimkiewicz, J ^a   Maslinska, D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

AMNION CELL; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMNION; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PREGNANCY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 43249086694     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-007-0633-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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