Acute intrauterine infection results in an imbalance between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the pregnant rabbit

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 305-311

  Leslie, Kimberly K ^a   Lee, Scott L ^a   Woodcock, Susan M ^a   Davies, Jill K ^a   McDuffie Jr , Robert S ^d   Hirsch, Emmet ^b   Sherman, Michael P ^c   Eskens, Joan L ^a   Gibbs, Ronald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys/Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist; Nuclear factor B; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; UTERUS;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PROTEIN; NF-KAPPA B; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UTERINE DISEASES; UTERUS;

EID: 0034024822     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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