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Toll-like receptor 4 mediates intrauterine growth restriction after systemic Campylobacter rectus infection in mice.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Oct 2012
Arce R M, Caron K M, Barros S P, Offenbacher S
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter rectus is associated with fetal exposure and low birthweight in humans. C. rectus also invades placental tissues and induces fetal intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) in mice, along with overexpression of Toll-like receptors (TLR4), suggesting that TLR4 may mediate placental immunity and IUGR in mice. To test this hypothesis we examined the effect of in vitro TLR4 neutralization on trophoblastic...
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