Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 8-20 , December 2011

Innate immune mediator profiles and their regulation in a novel polarized immortalized epithelial cell model derived from human endocervix

  • Lyndsey R. Buckner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-1393, USA
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  • Danny J. Schust

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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  • Jian Ding

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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  • Takeshi Nagamatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65201, USA
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  • Wandy Beatty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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  • Theresa L. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Public Health Research Institute and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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  • Sheila J. Greene

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-1393, USA
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  • Maria E. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-1393, USA
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  • Bernardo Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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  • Stacey L. Holman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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  • Rae Ann Spagnuolo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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  • Richard B. Pyles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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  • Alison J. Quayle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1901 Perdido Street, New Orleans, LA 70112-1393, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 504 568 4070; fax: +1 504 568 2918.

Received 12 May 2011 ,Revised 3 August 2011 ,Accepted 5 August 2011.

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PII: S0165-0378(11)00280-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.08.002

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 92, Issue 1 , Pages 8-20 , December 2011

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