2013
Decreased Levels of Folate Receptor‐β and Reduced Numbers of Fetal Macrophages (Hofbauer Cells) in Placentas from Pregnancies with Severe Pre‐Eclampsia
Tang Z, Buhimschi IA, Buhimschi CS, Tadesse S, Norwitz E, Niven‐Fairchild T, Huang S, Guller S. Decreased Levels of Folate Receptor‐β and Reduced Numbers of Fetal Macrophages (Hofbauer Cells) in Placentas from Pregnancies with Severe Pre‐Eclampsia. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2013, 70: 104-115. PMID: 23480364, PMCID: PMC3686834, DOI: 10.1111/aji.12112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpontaneous preterm birthPre-eclampsiaAge-matched normotensive controlsPreterm pre-eclampsiaSevere pre eclampsiaPathophysiology of PEPregnancy complicationsPreterm birthNormotensive controlsHofbauer cellsFetal mortalityUnknown etiologyPlacental expressionSPTB groupMacrophage functionPlacentaSevere preFetal macrophagesWestern blottingMajor causeProtein expressionPlacental genesReverse transcription-PCR analysisMarker mRNAsTranscription-PCR analysis
2004
A Novel Immortalized Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Line with Normal Progestational Response
Krikun G, Mor G, Alvero A, Guller S, Schatz F, Sapi E, Rahman M, Caze R, Qumsiyeh M, Lockwood CJ. A Novel Immortalized Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Line with Normal Progestational Response. Endocrinology 2004, 145: 2291-2296. PMID: 14726435, DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Line, TransformedDeciduaEndometriumEstradiolFas Ligand ProteinFas ReceptorFemaleFibronectinsGene ExpressionHot TemperatureHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1KaryotypingMedroxyprogesterone AcetateMembrane GlycoproteinsPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1ProgestinsProlactinStromal CellsTelomeraseThromboplastinConceptsHuman endometrial stromal cellsImmortalized human endometrial stromal cell lineHuman endometrial stromal cell lineCultured human endometrial stromal cellsEndometrial stromal cell linePrimary human endometrial stromal cellsPlasminogen activator inhibitor-1Endometrial stromal cellsExpression of IGFFas/Fas ligandActivator inhibitor-1Cell linesProgestational responseParent cellsOvarian steroidsMedroxyprogesterone acetateDecidualization responseAbnormal karyotypeStromal cell lineTissue factorNew cell lineStromal cellsFas ligandInhibitor-1Process of immortalization