Toll-like receptor (TLR) expression and TLR-mediated cytokine/chemokine production by human uterine epithelial cells.

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Published in Immunology on July 01, 2004

Authors

Todd M Schaefer1, Kristin Desouza, John V Fahey, Kenneth W Beagley, Charles R Wira

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. todd.m.schaefer@dartmouth.edu

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