Group B Streptococcal Infection of the Choriodecidua Induces Dysfunction of the Cytokeratin Network in Amniotic Epithelium: A Pathway to Membrane Weakening

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Vanderhoeven, Jeroen P ^a   Bierle, Craig J ^b   Kapur, Raj P ^c   McAdams, Ryan M ^a   Beyer, Richard P ^c   Bammler, Theo K ^c   Farin, Federico M ^c   Bansal, Aasthaa ^c   Spencer, Min ^c   Deng, Mei ^c   Gravett, Michael G ^a,d   Rubens, Craig E ^a,b,d   Rajagopal, Lakshmi ^a,b   Adams Waldorf, Kristina M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LAMININ; PROTEIN P53; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MACACA NEMESTRINA; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CHORION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84897398747     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003920     Document Type: Article

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