Ovulation as danger signaling event of innate immunity

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Spanel Borowski, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin positive granulosa cells; Innate immunity; Ovulation; Oxidative stress; Preovulatory follicle; Signaling pathways; Toll like receptor 4

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RANTES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TACHYKININ; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CELL ADHESION; CORPUS LUTEUM; DENDRITIC CELL; EOSINOPHIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; OVULATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 78651444427     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.12.008     Document Type: Review

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