2010
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1-Induced IL-10 Production in Human Placental Trophoblast Cells Involves Activation of JAK/STAT and MAPK Pathways
Yeganegi M, Leung C, Martins A, Kim S, Reid G, Challis J, Bocking A. Lactobacillus rhamnosus GR-1-Induced IL-10 Production in Human Placental Trophoblast Cells Involves Activation of JAK/STAT and MAPK Pathways. Reproductive Sciences 2010, 17: 1043-1051. PMID: 20858906, DOI: 10.1177/1933719110377237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman placental trophoblast cellsPlacental trophoblast cellsPreterm birthEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayRhamnosus GR-1Gr-1Trophoblast cellsIntrauterine infection/inflammationAnti-inflammatory effectsIL-10 productionInfection/inflammationWestern blot analysisHealthy pregnancyPhosphorylation of STAT3IL-10Janus kinase/signal transducerJAK/STATCytokine regulationKinase/signal transducerPotential preventionPlacental trophoblastsMitogen-activated protein kinase pathwayAbsence of pretreatmentHuman placentaSTAT-3
2008
Reduced Expression of Basal and Probiotic-inducible G-CSF in Intestinal Mononuclear Cells Is Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Martins A, Colquhoun P, Reid G, Kim S. Reduced Expression of Basal and Probiotic-inducible G-CSF in Intestinal Mononuclear Cells Is Associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2008, 15: 515-525. PMID: 19058228, DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20808.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsEscherichia coliGranulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesInterleukin-12Interleukin-23Intestinal MucosaLacticaseibacillus rhamnosusLeukocytes, MononuclearMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMucous MembraneProbioticsReceptors, Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating FactorTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsGranulocyte-colony stimulating factorInflammatory bowel diseaseHuman peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsG-CSF productionIntestinal mononuclear cellsBlood mononuclear cellsMononuclear cellsRhamnosus GR-1L. rhamnosus GR-1IL-23Bowel diseaseIntestinal lamina propria mononuclear cellsGr-1Intestinal lamina propria cellsLamina propria mononuclear cellsNon-IBD patientsReceptor knockout miceReceptor-deficient miceProinflammatory cytokine productionLamina propria cellsBone marrow-derived macrophagesIntestinal tissue samplesMarrow-derived macrophagesG-CSF release