Trichomonas vaginalis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted pathogen. The
infection is prevalent in reproductive age women and is associated with vaginitis …

Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually transmitted disease, caused by a motile
flagellate non-invasive parasitic protozoan, Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis). More than …

Preeclampsia is a disease of the mother, fetus, and placenta, and the gaps in our
understanding of the complex interactions among their respective disease pathways …

Problem The fetal inflammatory response syndrome (FIRS) is considered the counterpart of
the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), but similarities in their regulatory …

Almost 2 decades have passed since the discovery that pregnancy is associated with a
basal inflammatory state involving neutrophil activation, and that this is more overt in cases …

Pregnancy represents a unique immunological situation. Though paternal antigens
expressed by the conceptus are recognized by the immune system of the mother, the …

Galectins are multifunctional regulators of fundamental cellular processes. They are also
involved in innate and adaptive immune responses, and play a functional role in immune …

Animal Lectins: Form, Function and Clinical Applications presents up-to-date knowledge of
animal lectins. Detailed descriptions on biological activities, tissue and/or subcellular …

Galectins are an evolutionarily ancient and widely expressed family of lectins that have
unique glycan-binding characteristics. They are pleiotropic regulators of key biological …

We evaluated the role of placental protein 13 (PP13; galectin 13) in the process of
trophoblast invasion and decidual necrosis. Immunohistochemical analysis for PP13 …