Erythropoietin attenuates white matter damage, proinflammatory cytokine and chemokine induction in developing rat brain after intra-uterine infection: Original Article

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 528-535

  Shen, Ying ^a   Yu, Hui Min ^a   Yuan, Tian Ming ^a   Gu, Wei Zhong ^a   Wu, Yi Dong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Erythropoietin; Intra uterine infection; Proinflammatory cytokines; White matter damage

Indexed keywords

2',3' CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE 3' PHOSPHODIESTERASE; CHEMOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PELVIC INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349305474     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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