2014
Toll‐like Receptor‐Mediated Responses by Placental Hofbauer Cells (HBCs): A Potential Pro‐Inflammatory Role for Fetal M2 Macrophages
Young OM, Tang Z, Niven‐Fairchild T, Tadesse S, Krikun G, Norwitz ER, Mor G, Abrahams VM, Guller S. Toll‐like Receptor‐Mediated Responses by Placental Hofbauer Cells (HBCs): A Potential Pro‐Inflammatory Role for Fetal M2 Macrophages. American Journal Of Reproductive Immunology 2014, 73: 22-35. PMID: 25345551, PMCID: PMC4268350, DOI: 10.1111/aji.12336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHofbauer cellsHuman umbilical vein endothelial cellsM2 macrophagesTLR-3TLR-4Potential pro-inflammatory roleToll-like receptor functionPlacental villous coreAdverse pregnancy outcomesPro-inflammatory rolePlacental Hofbauer cellsIL-6 secretionToll-like receptorsPolycytidylic acid treatmentUmbilical vein endothelial cellsFetal inflammationPregnancy outcomesVein endothelial cellsTLR agonistsTLR-2Cytokine secretionInflammatory responseVillous corePlacental fibroblastsReceptor function
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