T helper cell cytokine profiles in preterm labor

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-196

  Hollier, Lisa M ^a,b   Rivera, Marta K ^a   Henninger, Evelyn ^a   Gilstrap III, Larry C ^a   Marshall Jr , Gailen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LBJ General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune response; Inflammatory cytokines; Preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MITOGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUPERNATANT; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 5444244969     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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