TLR-4-dependent and -independent mechanisms of fetal brain injury in the setting of preterm birth

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 839-850

  Breen, Kelsey ^a   Brown, Amy ^a   Burd, Irina ^a   Chai, Jinghua ^a   Friedman, Alexander ^a   Elovitz, Michal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

LPS; neuronal injury; prenatal inflammation; TLR 4

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN INJURY; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FETUS; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84864357003     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112438439     Document Type: Article

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