Suppression of IL-2 and IFN-γ production in women with spontaneous preterm labor

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-27

  Renz, Harald ^a,c   Wilke, Cathrin ^a   Tekesin, Ismail ^b   Hellmeyer, Lars ^b   Herz, Udo ^a   Schmidt, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical length; Pregnancy; Preterm delivery; T helper 1 T helper 2 balance

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 30844433562     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.003     Document Type: Article

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