Mitochondrial manganese superoxide dismutase mRNA expression in human chorioamniotic membranes and its association with labor, inflammation, and infection

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1000-1013

  Than, Nandor Gabor ^a   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c   Tarca, Adi L ^a,c,d   Draghici, Sorin ^d   Erez, Offer ^a,b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Mee Kim, Yeon ^a   Kim, Sun Kwon ^a   Vaisbuch, Edi ^a,b   Tromp, Gerard ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal gender; Gene expression; Preterm delivery; Preterm labor; Preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes; Reactive oxygen species; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOD 2 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 70350321095     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903019676     Document Type: Article

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