Endogenous adenosine down-modulates mid-trimester intraamniotic tumor necrosis factor-α production

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 232-237

  Perni, Uma ^a,b   Sezen, Devrim ^b   Bongiovanni, Ann Marie ^b   Linhares, Iara M ^b   Skupski, Daniel ^a,b   Witkin, Steven S ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Amniotic fluid; Immune regulation; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELIVERY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL AGE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SUPERNATANT;

ADENOSINE; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; AMP DEAMINASE; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-6; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70350064599     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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