Intraamniotic lipopolysaccharide exposure changes cell populations and structure of the ovine fetal thymus

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 946-956

  Kuypers, Elke ^a   Wolfs, Tim G A M ^a   Collins, Jennifer J P ^a   Jellema, Reint K ^a   Newnham, John P ^b   Kemp, Matthew W ^b   Kallapur, Suhas G ^b,c   Jobe, Alan H ^b,c   Kramer, Boris W ^a,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal inflammatory response syndrome; immune modulation; prematurity; thymic involution

Indexed keywords

I KAPPA B; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS;

FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; IMMUNE MODULATION; PREMATURITY; THYMIC INVOLUTION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INJECTIONS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NF-KAPPA B; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; THYMUS GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84880409637     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719112472742     Document Type: Article

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