Bacterial Modulation of Human Fetal Membrane Toll-like Receptor Expression

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Abrahams, Vikki M ^a   Potter, Julie A ^a   Bhat, Geeta ^b   Peltier, Morgan R ^c   Saade, George ^b   Menon, Ramkumar ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chorioamnion; Infection; Preterm birth; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 6; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MODULATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; UREAPLASMA PARVUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 84870762702     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12016     Document Type: Article

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