IL-1β and IL-8 in human fetal membranes: Changes with gestational age, labor, and culture conditions

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 260-267

  Elliott, C L ^a,b   Loudon, J A Z ^a   Brown, N ^a   Slater, D M ^a   Bennett, P R ^a   Sullivan, M H F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnion; Choriodecidua; Cytokine; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1;

AMNION; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHORION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMNION; CHORION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-8; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034741229     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2001.d01-11.x     Document Type: Article

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