2020
Zika Virus-Infected Decidual Cells Elicit a Gestational Age-Dependent Innate Immune Response and Exaggerate Trophoblast Zika Permissiveness: Implication for Vertical Transmission.
Guzeloglu-Kayisli O, Guo X, Tang Z, Semerci N, Ozmen A, Larsen K, Mutluay D, Guller S, Schatz F, Kayisli UA, Lockwood CJ. Zika Virus-Infected Decidual Cells Elicit a Gestational Age-Dependent Innate Immune Response and Exaggerate Trophoblast Zika Permissiveness: Implication for Vertical Transmission. The Journal Of Immunology 2020, 205: 3083-3094. PMID: 33139490, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman decidual cellsDecidual cellsZika virusViral attachment factorsTerm decidual stromal cellsVertical transmissionDecidual cell supernatantsTerm decidual cellsInnate immune response genesInnate immune responsivenessExact pathogenic mechanismDecidual stromal cellsHuman first trimesterInnate immune responseSevere fetal defectsImmune response genesFetal sequelaeGestational ageFirst trimesterPlacental transmissionZIKV infectionCytotrophoblast culturesImmune responsivenessZika infectionLate pregnancy
1994
Developmental regulation of glucocorticoid-mediated effects on extracellular matrix protein expression in the human placenta
Guller S, Markiewicz L, Wozniak R, Burnham J, Wang E, Kaplan P, Lockwood C. Developmental regulation of glucocorticoid-mediated effects on extracellular matrix protein expression in the human placenta. Endocrinology 1994, 134: 2064-2071. DOI: 10.1210/en.134.5.2064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffects of glucocorticoidsTerm cellsLevels of glucocorticoidsTrimester cellsDexamethasone treatmentTrimester of human pregnancyControl levelsGlucocorticoid responseSeparation of placentaTreatment of cytotrophoblastsLevels of hCGControl valuesIncreased glucocorticoid responseHuman first trimesterLow levels of glucocorticoidsGlucocorticoid-mediated effectsLevels of FN mRNARates of FNElevated levels of glucocorticoidsExtracellular matrix protein expressionLevels of FNCytotrophoblast culturesReduced glucocorticoid responsivenessHuman pregnancyFirst-trimester