2015
Enhanced Human Decidual Cell–Expressed FKBP51 May Promote Labor-Related Functional Progesterone Withdrawal
Schatz F, Guzeloglu-Kayisli O, Basar M, Buchwalder LF, Ocak N, Guzel E, Guller S, Semerci N, Kayisli UA, Lockwood CJ. Enhanced Human Decidual Cell–Expressed FKBP51 May Promote Labor-Related Functional Progesterone Withdrawal. American Journal Of Pathology 2015, 185: 2402-2411. PMID: 26207680, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerm decidual cellsDecidual cellsProgesterone receptorP4 withdrawalInterstitial trophoblastMedroxyprogesterone acetateDC culturesHuman term labourLow progesterone receptorsGlucocorticoid receptor expressionFunctional progesterone withdrawalCultured decidual cellsHuman decidual cellsPlasma progesterone levelsThird trimester trophoblastDC nucleiDecidual sectionsOrganon 2058Plasma P4 levelsTerm laborPR expressionProgesterone withdrawalProgesterone levelsReceptor expressionGR expression
2012
Toll‐Like Receptor 4 Expression in Decidual Cells and Interstitial Trophoblasts Across Human Pregnancy
Schatz F, Kayisli UA, Vatandaslar E, Ocak N, Guller S, Abrahams VM, Krikun G, Lockwood CJ. Toll‐Like Receptor 4 Expression in Decidual Cells and Interstitial Trophoblasts Across Human Pregnancy. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2012, 68: 146-153. PMID: 22564191, PMCID: PMC3395732, DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2012.01148.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsToll-like receptor 4Interstitial trophoblastDecidual cellsDanger signalsToll-like receptor 4 expressionFirst trimester decidual cellsReceptor 4 expressionHuman pregnancyElective terminationNormal deliveryDecidua parietalisReceptor 4Luteal phaseStromal cellsGram-negative bacteriaSerial sectionsTrophoblastPrimary targetCellsClose contactEndometriumPregnancyHScoreGestationCytokeratin