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SUBMITTER: Whidbey C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3674703 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of experimental medicine 20130527 6
Microbial infection of the amniotic fluid is a significant cause of fetal injury, preterm birth, and newborn infections. Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is an important human bacterial pathogen associated with preterm birth, fetal injury, and neonatal mortality. Although GBS has been isolated from amniotic fluid of women in preterm labor, mechanisms of in utero infection remain unknown. Previous studies indicated that GBS are unable to invade human amniotic epithelial cells (hAECs), which represent ...[more]