Preterm birth, infection, and inflammation advances from the study of animal models

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 619-628

  Kemp, Matthew W ^a,b,c   Saito, Masatoshi ^a,b,c   Newnham, John P ^a,b,c   Nitsos, Ilias ^a,b,c   Okamura, Kunihiro ^a,b,c   Kallapur, Suhas G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

animal models; infection; inflammation; preterm labor

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

AMNIONITIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FETAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UREAPLASMA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 77954038579     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719110373148     Document Type: Review

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