Generation of peroxynitrite and apoptosis in placenta of patients with chorioamnionitis: Possible implications in placental abruption

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1101-1106

  Nakatsuka, Mikiya ^a   Asagiri, Kazuo ^a   Kimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Kamada, Yasuhiko ^a   Tada, Katsuhiko ^a   Kudo, Takafumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chorioamnionitis; Interleukin 1 converting enzyme (ICE); Peroxynitrite; Placental abruption

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; PEROXYNITRITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PLACENTA; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032944357     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.4.1101     Document Type: Article

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