Antiviral responses of human Fallopian tube epithelial cells to toll-like receptor 3 agonist poly(I:C)

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1497-1506

  Ghosh, Mimi ^a   Schaefer, Todd M ^a   Fahey, John V ^a   Wright, Jacqueline A ^a   Wira, Charles R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; epithelial cells; Fallopian tube; innate immunity; toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA INTERFERON; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 8; POLYINOSINIC POLYCYTIDYLIC ACID; RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

2',5' OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE GENE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE GENE 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN KINASE R GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; UTERINE TUBE;

2',5'-OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHETASE; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EIF-2 KINASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; POLY I-C; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRUSES; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 43549105128     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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