Expression and activity of the Toll-like receptor family in the term and preterm human placenta
Toll like receptors (TLR) have emerged as key upstream mediators of inflammation at many tissue sites in humans. Parturition is considered an inflammatory process so it was hypothesised that TLR activity within gestation-associated tissues, such as the placenta, might have an important role in the i...
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Swansea University
2007
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