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
2010
Role of GnRH–GnRH receptor signaling at the maternal-fetal interface
Lee HJ, Snegovskikh VV, Park JS, Foyouzi N, Han KT, Hodgson EJ, Guller S, Norwitz ER. Role of GnRH–GnRH receptor signaling at the maternal-fetal interface. Fertility And Sterility 2010, 94: 2680-2687. PMID: 20400076, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGnRHR-I mRNAMaternal-fetal interfaceDecidual stromal cellsHCG productionGnRH-IISelect cytokinesTrophoblast cellsCell linesEffects of GnRHUniversity Teaching HospitalExpression of GnRHFunction of GnRHReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionDose-dependent fashionHuman trophoblast cellsTerm deliveryPolymerase chain reactionTeaching hospitalGnRH receptorMAIN OUTCOMEGnRHHuman trophoblastsStromal cellsWestern blotImmortalized cell lines