2012
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
2007
Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Transcription Factors 1α and 2α in the Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Expression in a Human Trophoblast Cell Line
Meade ES, Ma YY, Guller S. Role of Hypoxia-Inducible Transcription Factors 1α and 2α in the Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Expression in a Human Trophoblast Cell Line. Placenta 2007, 28: 1012-1019. PMID: 17570486, PMCID: PMC2001228, DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2007.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPAI-1 expressionHTR-8/SVneo cellsPlasminogen activator inhibitorTrophoblast cell linePAI-1HIF-1alphaHIF-2alphaFirst trimester extravillous trophoblast cell lineHuman trophoblast cell linePlasmin-dependent fibrinolysisExtravillous trophoblast cell linePlasminogen activator inhibitor-1 expressionHypoxia-inducible transcription factor-1αHypoxic conditionsPAI-1 protein levelsCell linesPAI-1 mRNAEarly pregnancyExtracellular matrix degradationHypoxia-inducible transcription factorsQuantitative real-time PCRReal-time PCRActivator inhibitorFactor-1αWestern blotting
2002
Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI)-1 Expression in a Human Trophoblast Cell Line by Glucocorticoid (GC) and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β
Ma Y, Ryu JS, Dulay A, Segal M, Guller S. Regulation of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor (PAI)-1 Expression in a Human Trophoblast Cell Line by Glucocorticoid (GC) and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β. Placenta 2002, 23: 727-734. PMID: 12398812, DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHTR-8/SVneo cellsIntrauterine growth restrictionPAI-2 levelsPAI-1 expressionPlasminogen activator inhibitorActivator inhibitorGrowth factorHuman trophoblast cell linePAI-1 levelsTrophoblast cell lineTransforming Growth FactorTGF-beta treatmentTGF-beta effectsPAI-1 proteinFibrin depositionGrowth restrictionDEX treatmentSynthetic glucocorticoidGlucocorticoidsPAI-1Regulation of fibrinolysisDexamethasoneTGF betaExcessive productionMRNA expression