Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 156-162 , February 2009

Increased TLR4 Expression in Murine Placentas after Oral Infection with Periodontal Pathogens

  • R.M. Arce

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
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  • S.P. Barros

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
    • Department of Periodontology, UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • ,
  • B. Wacker

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
    • ,
  • B. Peters

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
    • ,
  • K. Moss

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
    • Department of Dental Ecology, UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • ,
  • S. Offenbacher

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, USA
    • Department of Periodontology, UNC School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Oral and Systemic Diseases, NC Oral Health Institute, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, 4301 Research Commons, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. Tel.: +1 919 425 3596; fax: +1 919 425 3529.

,Accepted 20 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.11.017

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 156-162 , February 2009

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