Murine abortion is associated with enhanced interleukin-6 levels at the feto-maternal interface

Cytokine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 150-160

  Zenclussen, Ana Claudia ^a,b,d   Blois, Sandra ^a   Stumpo, Rita ^a   Olmos, Sofía ^a   Arias, Karina ^a   Borel, Ileana Malan ^c   Roux, María Estela ^a   Margni, Ricardo Aníbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

IL 6; Macrophages; Mast cells; Murine abortion; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 80; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DECIDUA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

MURINAE;

EID: 0142027219     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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