TLR4 signaling is a major mediator of the female tract response to seminal fluid in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Schjenken, John E ^a   Glynn, Danielle J ^a   Sharkey, David J ^a   Robertson, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cytokine; Endometrium; Seminal fluid; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 2; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 3; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; RANTES; SECONDARY LYMPHOID TISSUE CHEMOKINE; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; TLR4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPERM; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTOXINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; SEMEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UTERUS;

EID: 84943269596     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.125740     Document Type: Article

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