Participation of ezrin in bacterial uptake by trophoblast giant cells

• Main Authors: Kim Suk (Author), Tachibana Masato (Author), Watanabe Kenta (Author), Watarai Masahisa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Trophoblast giant (TG) cells are involved in systematic removal of bacterial pathogens from the maternal-fetal interface of the placenta. In particular, TG cells have the ability to take up extracellular antigens by active phagocytos...