Medroxyprogesterone acetate modulates the immune response in the uterus, cervix and placenta in a mouse model of preterm birth

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 223-230

  Elovitz, Michal A ^a,b   Gonzalez, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 1353 BRB 2/3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Host immune response; Inflammation; MPA; Preterm birth; Progestins

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL SERUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLAMMATION; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MICE; PLACENTA; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 40549135313     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050801923680     Document Type: Article

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