Abstract:The aim of the work was to examine an interaction between neutrophils conditioned with chorionic gonadotropin, estriol, kisspeptin, leptin, ghrelin and commensal and uropathogenic Escherichia coli biofilms. Peripheral blood neutrophils isolated from healthy non-pregnant women in the first phase of the menstrual cycle (n = 8) were cultured in vitro for 1 hour together with hormones at concentration corresp onding to their level in the first and third trimester of pregnancy. An interaction of neutrophils with co… Show more
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