Lipopolysaccharide Appears to Activate Human Endometrial Endothelial Cells Through TLR-4-Dependent and TLR-4-Independent Mechanisms

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-237

  Krikun, Graciela ^a   Trezza, Jordan ^a   Shaw, Jeff ^a   Rahman, Mizan ^a,b   Guller, Seth ^a   Abrahams, Vikki M ^a   Lockwood, Charles J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Endothelial cells; Tissue factor; TLR4

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; THROMBOPLASTIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 96; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOPLASTIN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84865300659     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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