Cutting‐Edge Report: TLR10 Plays a Role in Mediating Bacterial Peptidoglycan‐Induced Trophoblast Apoptosis
Mulla MJ, Myrtolli K, Tadesse S, Stanwood NL, Gariepy A, Guller S, Norwitz ER, Abrahams VM. Cutting‐Edge Report: TLR10 Plays a Role in Mediating Bacterial Peptidoglycan‐Induced Trophoblast Apoptosis. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2012, 69: 449-453. PMID: 23279063, PMCID: PMC3620725, DOI: 10.1111/aji.12065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-6 secretionTrophoblast apoptosisTLR2 coreceptorsHuman trophoblast cell lineIntrauterine bacterial infectionFirst-trimester human trophoblast cell lineThird-trimester human placental tissueHuman placental tissueTrophoblast cell linePositive bacterial componentsTLR10 expressionPreterm laborThird trimesterCaspase-3 activityIL-6TLR2 activationPlacental tissuePlacental apoptosisBacterial infectionsTLR10Bacterial componentsBacterial peptidoglycanTrophoblastCell linesApoptosis