Natural antimicrobial production by the amnion

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2000 • 2,501 citations

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1996 • 571 citations

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2000 • 486 citations

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1992 • 390 citations

The innate and early immune response to pathogen challenge in the female genital tract and the pivotal role of epithelial cells

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1998 • 278 citations

Human β‐defensin‐2 functions as a chemotactic agent for tumour necrosis factor‐α‐treated human neutrophils

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2006 • 218 citations

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2003 • 187 citations

Preterm labor: Stimulation of arachidonic acid metabolism in human amnion cells by bacterial products

1987 • 187 citations

Defensin Expression by the Cornea: Multiple Signalling Pathways Mediate IL-1β Stimulation of hBD-2 Expression by Human Corneal Epithelial Cells

2003 • 180 citations

Antimicrobial peptides in amniotic fluid: defensins, calprotectin and bacterial/permeability-increasing protein in patients with microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity, intra-amniotic inflammation, preterm labor and premature rupture of membranes

2003 • 175 citations

Correlation between β-defensin expression and induction profiles in gingival keratinocytes

2004 • 128 citations

Antimicrobial activity of antiproteinases

2002 • 117 citations

Host defense proteins in vernix caseosa and amniotic fluid

2004 • 112 citations

The novel antimicrobial peptide β3-defensin is produced by the amnion: A possible role of the fetal membranes in innate immunity of the amniotic cavity

2004 • 102 citations

Regulation of natural antibiotic expression by inflammatory mediators and mimics of infection in human endometrial epithelial cells

2002 • 84 citations

Genome-wide expression profiling of fetal membranes reveals a deficient expression of proteinase inhibitor 3 in premature rupture of membranes

2004 • 48 citations

Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor concentration increases in amniotic fluid with the onset of labour in women: characterization of sites of release within the uterus

1999 • 43 citations

Production of secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor by human amniotic membranes and regulation of its concentration in amniotic fluid

2001 • 42 citations

ED27 Trophoblast-like Cells Isolated from First-trimester Chorionic Villi are Genetically Identical to HeLa Cells Yet Exhibit a Distinct Phenotype

2002 • 41 citations

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2003 • 17 citations