Mechanisms of chorioamnionitis‐associated preterm birth: interleukin‐1β inhibits progesterone receptor expression in decidual cells
Guzeloglu-Kayisli O, Kayisli UA, Semerci N, Basar M, Buchwalder LF, Buhimschi CS, Buhimschi IA, Arcuri F, Larsen K, Huang JS, Schatz F, Lockwood CJ. Mechanisms of chorioamnionitis‐associated preterm birth: interleukin‐1β inhibits progesterone receptor expression in decidual cells. The Journal Of Pathology 2015, 237: 423-434. PMID: 26175191, DOI: 10.1002/path.4589.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgesterone receptor expressionPreterm birthDecidual cellsPR expressionIL-1βDC culturesReceptor expressionPR levelsIL-1β suppressionLower PR levelsFunctional progesterone withdrawalCOX-2 expressionRelease of cytokinesIL-1β treatmentDecidual prostaglandin productionP38 MAPK signaling cascadesCervical ripeningProgesterone withdrawalCOX inhibitorsImmunohistochemical stainingChorioamnionitisFetal membrane ruptureNF-kBProstaglandin productionPGF2α productionChinese herbal medicine for miscarriage affects decidual micro-environment and fetal growth
Piao L, Chen C, Yeh C, Basar M, Masch R, Cheng Y, Lockwood CJ, Schatz F, Huang SJ. Chinese herbal medicine for miscarriage affects decidual micro-environment and fetal growth. Placenta 2015, 36: 559-566. PMID: 25771406, PMCID: PMC4395550, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst trimester decidual cellsIL-1βDecidual cellsPlacental weightFetal growthFood intakeResorption rateFetal resorption rateMaternal food intakeM-CSFC motif ligand 2Intrauterine growth restrictionIGF-IR expressionInducible protein-10Anti-CD163 antibodyQRT-PCRChinese herbal formulaIL-8 productionChinese herbal medicineG-CSF expressionEndothelial cell angiogenesisPlacental IGFDecidual macrophagesFetal weightCytokine expression