Pre-labour Fetal Membranes Overlying the Cervix Display Alterations in Inflammation and NF-κB Signalling Pathways

Placenta

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 995-1002

  Lappas, M ^a,b   Odumetse, T L ^a   Riley, C ^c   Reti, N G ^a,b   Holdsworth Carson, S J ^a,b   Rice, G E ^a,c   Permezel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; NF B; PROM; Rupture of fetal membranes

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN P300; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CERVIX UTERI; CESAREAN SECTION; CREB-BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NF-KAPPA B P50 SUBUNIT; P300-CBP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

EID: 56549119526     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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