Ecology of danger-dependent cytokine-boosted spontaneous abortion in the CBA × DBA/2 mouse model: II fecal LPS levels in colonies with different basal abortion rates

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 529-533

  Clark, David A ^a   Chaouat, Gerard ^b   Banwatt, Daljeet ^a   Friebe, Asreid ^a,c   Arck, Petra C ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fecal flora; LPS; Pregnancy immunology; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CBA MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBA 2 MOUSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 56149118096     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2008.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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