The role of cytokines in cervical ripening: Correlations between the concentrations of cytokines and hyaluronic acid in cervical mucus and the induction of hyaluronic acid production by inflammatory cytokines by human cervical fibroblasts

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Ogawa, M ^a   Hirano, H ^a   Tsubaki, H ^a   Kodama, H ^a   Tanaka, T ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Hyaluronic acid; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 8

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STELLATE CELL; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0031854832     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70258-3     Document Type: Article

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