Explants of Intact Endometrium to Model Bovine Innate Immunity and Inflammation Ex Vivo

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 526-539

  Borges, Álan Maia ^a,b   Healey, Gareth David ^a   Sheldon, Iain Martin ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bovine; Endometrium; Explant; Inflammation; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CORYNNEBACTERIUM PYOGENES; COW; ENDOMETRIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPLANT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; TRUEPERELLA PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ARCANOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 84860919712     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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