TLRs, macrophages, and NK cells: Our understandings of their functions in uterus and ovary

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1442-1450

  Yang, Ziyan ^a   Kong, Beihua ^a   Mosser, David M ^b   Zhang, Xia ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Macrophage; NK cells; Ovary; PPAR; TLR; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 11; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENDOMETRIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OVARY; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LABOR ONSET; MACROPHAGES; OVARY; PREGNANCY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 80053290721     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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