Cytokines released by granulocytes and mononuclear cells stimulate amnion cell prostaglandin E2 production

Prostaglandins

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 389-399

  Bry, Kristina ^a   Hallman, Mikko ^a   Lappalainen, Urpo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chorioamnionitis; epidermal growth factor; Interleukin 1; preterm labor; transforming growth factor ; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PREMATURE LABOR;

AMNION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOKINES; DINOPROSTONE; DRUG SYNERGISM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-1; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0027943332     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(94)90005-1     Document Type: Article

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