Evidence for Activation of Toll-Like Receptor and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products in Preterm Birth

• Main Authors: Taketoshi Noguchi (Author), Toshiyuki Sado (Author), Katsuhiko Naruse (Author), Hiroshi Shigetomi (Author), Akira Onogi (Author), Shoji Haruta (Author), Ryuji Kawaguchi (Author), Akira Nagai (Author), Yasuhito Tanase (Author), Shozo Yoshida (Author), Takashi Kitanaka (Author), Hidekazu Oi (Author), Hiroshi Kobayashi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Individuals with inflammation have a myriad of pregnancy aberrations including increasing their preterm birth risk. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and their ligands were all found to play a key role in inflammation. In the present study,...