Interleukin-8 stimulates placental prostacyclin production in preeclampsia

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 375-380

  Wang, Yuping ^a   Baier, John ^a   Adair, C David ^a   Lewis, David F ^a   Krueger, Stephan ^a   Kruger, Tom ^a   Gurski, Michael ^a   Brown, Edwin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

IL 8; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Prostacyclin

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROSTACYCLIN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PLACENTA VILLUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0032695946     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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