IL-15, a novel cytokine produced by human fetal membranes, is elevated in preterm labor

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-23

  Fortunato, Stephen J ^a,b   Menon, Ramkumar ^a   Lombardi, Salvatore J ^a  

^a CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Perinatal Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniochorion; Amniotic fluid; IL 15; IL 15 isoforms; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHORION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; ORGAN CULTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031986165     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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