Leukocyte density and proinflammatory mediator expression in regional human fetal membranes and decidua before and during labor at term

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-103

  Osman, Inass ^a   Young, Anne ^a   Jordan, Fiona ^a   Greer, Ian A ^a   Norman, Jane E ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Fetal membranes; Inflammation; Labor; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA;

AMNION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL DENSITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CHORION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DENSITY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LABOR; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DECIDUA; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTERLEUKINS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 31544435202     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsgi.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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