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 pregnancyHuman Chorionic Gonadotropin modulates CXCL10 Expression through Histone Methylation in human decidua
Silasi M, You Y, Simpson S, Kaislasuo J, Pal L, Guller S, Peng G, Ramhorst R, Grasso E, Etemad S, Durosier S, Aldo P, Mor G. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin modulates CXCL10 Expression through Histone Methylation in human decidua. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 5785. PMID: 32238853, PMCID: PMC7113245, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62593-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman chorionic gonadotropinCXCL10 expressionChorionic gonadotropinPotent immune-modulatory effectsImmune system undergoesImmune modulatory effectsEndometrial stromal cellsImmune cell recruitmentMaternal-fetal interfaceImmune regulatory functionsProcess of implantationCD8 cellsCytokine profilePregnancy progressesFetal interfaceDecidual samplesImmune populationsImmune factorsHuman deciduaT cellsDecidual cellsCell recruitmentModulatory effectsEarly hormoneStromal cells
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
2014
In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence for Placental DNA Damage in Preeclampsia
Tadesse S, Kidane D, Guller S, Luo T, Norwitz NG, Arcuri F, Toti P, Norwitz ER. In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence for Placental DNA Damage in Preeclampsia. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e86791. PMID: 24466242, PMCID: PMC3899334, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086791.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDecidual stromal cellsCytotrophoblast cellsMaternal decidual stromal cellsReactive oxygen speciesPlacental oxidative stressFetal-maternal interfaceDNA damagePE placental tissuesAnti-oxidant defensesMultisystem diseasePregnant womenPE placentasFetal sideMaternal deciduaOxidative DNA damagePreeclampsiaPlacental tissueNormal placentaStromal cellsPlacentaOxidative stressVitro EvidenceRepair responseDNA damage/repair responseΓH2AX foci
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
2007
Expression of Toll-like receptors in the human decidua.
Krikun G, Lockwood CJ, Abrahams VM, Mor G, Paidas M, Guller S. Expression of Toll-like receptors in the human decidua. Cellular And Molecular Biology 2007, 22: 847-54. PMID: 17503341, DOI: 10.14670/hh-22.847.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Vesicular TransportCells, CulturedDeciduaEndometriumEndothelial CellsFemaleHumansImmunity, InnateImmunohistochemistryInterleukinsLipopolysaccharidesMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88NF-kappa BPeptidoglycanPoly I-CPregnancyPregnancy Trimester, FirstPregnancy Trimester, ThirdReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSignal TransductionToll-Like ReceptorsConceptsToll-like receptorsHuman deciduaFirst trimester elective terminationMaternal spiral arteriesInnate immune responseCesarean sectionSpiral arteriesThird trimesterCytokine productionElective terminationDecidual tissuesImmune responseLate gestationPregnant endometriumFetal membranesSurveillance moleculeHost defensePregnancyDeciduaMRNA levelsReceptorsMicrobial pathogensTrimesterEndometriumArtery
2006
Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-1β Regulate Interleukin-8 Expression in Third Trimester Decidual Cells Implications for the Genesis of Chorioamnionitis
Lockwood CJ, Arcuri F, Toti P, De Felice C, Krikun G, Guller S, Buchwalder LF, Schatz F. Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-1β Regulate Interleukin-8 Expression in Third Trimester Decidual Cells Implications for the Genesis of Chorioamnionitis. American Journal Of Pathology 2006, 169: 1294-1302. PMID: 17003486, PMCID: PMC1698845, DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.060185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerm decidual cellsIL-8 expressionInterleukin-8 expressionTranscriptase-polymerase chain reactionDecidual cellsNeutrophil infiltrationIL-8TNF-alphaIL-8 secretion levelsIL-8 levelsIntense neutrophil infiltrationReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionChain reactionInterleukin-1 betaTumor necrosis factorIL-8 mRNAEnzyme-linked immunosorbentIL-8 outputConcentration-response studiesNeutrophil infiltrateSteroidal milieuTerm deciduaTumor necrosisNecrosis factorImmunohistochemical staining
2004
A Novel Immortalized Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Line with Normal Progestational Response
Krikun G, Mor G, Alvero A, Guller S, Schatz F, Sapi E, Rahman M, Caze R, Qumsiyeh M, Lockwood CJ. A Novel Immortalized Human Endometrial Stromal Cell Line with Normal Progestational Response. Endocrinology 2004, 145: 2291-2296. PMID: 14726435, DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCell Line, TransformedDeciduaEndometriumEstradiolFas Ligand ProteinFas ReceptorFemaleFibronectinsGene ExpressionHot TemperatureHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1KaryotypingMedroxyprogesterone AcetateMembrane GlycoproteinsPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1ProgestinsProlactinStromal CellsTelomeraseThromboplastinConceptsHuman endometrial stromal cellsImmortalized human endometrial stromal cell lineHuman endometrial stromal cell lineCultured human endometrial stromal cellsEndometrial stromal cell linePrimary human endometrial stromal cellsPlasminogen activator inhibitor-1Endometrial stromal cellsExpression of IGFFas/Fas ligandActivator inhibitor-1Cell linesProgestational responseParent cellsOvarian steroidsMedroxyprogesterone acetateDecidualization responseAbnormal karyotypeStromal cell lineTissue factorNew cell lineStromal cellsFas ligandInhibitor-1Process of immortalization
1998
Apoptosis and Fas Expression in Human Fetal Membranes1
Runić R, Lockwood C, LaChapelle L, Dipasquale B, Demopoulos R, Kumar A, Guller S. Apoptosis and Fas Expression in Human Fetal Membranes1. The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1998, 83: 660-666. PMID: 9467589, DOI: 10.1210/jcem.83.2.4600.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChorionic trophoblastsHuman fetal membranesFetal membranesApoptotic indexWeeks groupCell layerHuman fetal membrane cellsCytoplasmic domain of FasFetal membrane cellsFas messenger ribonucleic acidTrophoblast cell layerDecidual cell typesCondensation of chromatinConsistent with apoptosisSamples of amnionEpithelial cell layerMessenger ribonucleic acidCell surface receptorsWeeks gestationDecidual cellsProstate glandAmnion epitheliumFas signalingAmniotic tissueImmunohistochemical staining