Th1 cytokines and the prothrombinase fg12 in stress-triggered and inflammatory abortion

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 210-220

  Knackstedt, M K ^a,b   Zenclussen, A C ^a   Hertwig, J W ^a   Clark, D A ^b   Arck, Petra C ^a,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cytokines; Mice; Pregnancy; Prothrombinase; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P35; PROTEIN P40; PROTHROMBINASE FG12; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRESS; TH1 CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERUS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THROMBOPLASTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037951573     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2003.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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