The induction of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in intact human amnion tissue by interleukin-4

Prostaglandins

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-223

  Spaziani, Eric P ^a,b   Lantz, Michael E ^a   Benoit, Raymond R ^a   O'Brien, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

amnion; cyclooxygenase; Interleukin 4; premature labor

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0042540024     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(96)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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