Foster RA

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus
2017
IL-4-secreting eosinophils promote endometrial stromal cell proliferation and prevent Chlamydia-induced upper genital tract damage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ·doi:10.1073/pnas.1621253114

Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women typically are asymptomatic and do not cause permanent upper genital tract (UGT) damage. Consistent with this presentation, type 2 innate and TH2 adaptive immune responses associated with dam…

2014
Persistence of oxytocin receptors in the bovine uterus during the first 7 d after calving: an immunohistochemical study.
Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire

Persistence of the oxytocin receptor (OTR) in the bovine uterus during the first 7 d after calving was investigated by means of immunohistochemical staining. Immunoreactive OTRs were present in different locations in the uterus on almost al…

article 1997
Morphologic characteristics of endometriosis in the mouse model: application to toxicology
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology ·doi:10.1139/cjpp-75-10-11-1188

Surgically induced endometriosis in the mouse has been described as a model to investigate the effect of environmental pollutants on the growth of endometriotic implants. The objectives of this study were to evaluate a modified surgical pro…