Effect of experimental genital mycoplasmosis on gene expression in the fetal brain

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Burton, Aiyanna ^a   Kizhner, Oskar ^a,b   Brown, Mary B ^c   Peltier, Morgan R ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cerebral palsy; Infection; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CD11B ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; REELIN; SCATTER FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL MYCOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGLIA; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84856366745     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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