Endometrial epithelial cells are potent producers of tracheal antimicrobial peptide and serum amyloid A3 gene expression in response to E. coli stimulation

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 157-162

  Chapwanya, Aspinas ^a,d   Meade, Kieran G ^b   Doherty, Michael L ^c   Callanan, John J ^c   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Antimicrobial peptides; Endometrial epithelial cells; Innate immunity; Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LINGUAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; SERUM AMYLOID A; SERUM AMYLOID A3 PROTIEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRACHEAL ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVINE UTERINE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS DISEASE;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; ENDOMETRITIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871700527     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.09.042     Document Type: Article

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