Fetal membranes as an interface between inflammation and metabolism: Increased Aquaporin 9 expression in the presence of spontaneous labor at term and chorioamnionitis

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1167-1175

  Mittal, Pooja ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c   Mazaki Tovi, Shali ^a,b   Tromp, Gerard ^c   Tarca, Adi L ^a,c,d   Kim, Yeon Mee ^a   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a,b   Erez, Offer ^a,b   Than, Nandor Gabor ^a   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (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

Aquaporin 9; Chorioamniotic membranes; Intra amniotic infection inflammation; Metabolism; Microarray; Parturition; PCR; Pregnancy; Premature birth; Preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; Water channels

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 9; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LABOR; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AQUAPORINS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LABOR ONSET; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949108081     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767050903019692     Document Type: Article

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