The role of toll like receptors in pregnancy

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Amirchaghmaghi, Elham ^a   Taghavi, Seyed Abdolvahab ^b   Shapouri, Farnaz ^c   Saeidi, Shaghayegh ^c   Rezaei, Abbas ^a   Aflatoonian, Reza ^b,c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ROYAN INSTITUTE FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOMEDICINE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Innate immunity; Pregnancy; PRRs; TLRs

Indexed keywords

MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; 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; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1;

AMNION; CHORION; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84884400808     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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