Meconium is a source of pro-inflammatory substances and can induce cytokine production in cultured A549 epithelial cells

Pediatric Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-495

  De Beaufort, Arnout Jan ^a   Bakker, Astrid C ^a   Van Tol, Maarten J D ^b   Poorthuis, Ben J ^b   Schrama, Alexandra J ^a   Berger, Howard M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN A549; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPERNATANT;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-8; MECONIUM; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

EID: 0141788814     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000082017.97479.39     Document Type: Article

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