Characterization of the myometrial transcriptome and biological pathways of spontaneous human labor at term

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-643

  Mittal, Pooja ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b   Tarca, Adi L ^a,b,c   Gonzalez, Juan ^a,b   Draghici, Sorin ^a,c   Xu, Yi ^a   Dong, Zhong ^a   Nhan Chang, Chia Ling ^a,b   Chaiworapongsa, Tinnakorn ^a,b   Lye, Stephen ^d   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a,b   Lipovich, Leonard ^b   Mazaki Tovi, Shali ^a,b   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Mesiano, Sam ^e   Kim, Chong Jai ^a,b  

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

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

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2); Chemokine C C motif ligand 2 (CCL2 MCP 1); Chemokine C X C motif ligand 6 (CXCL6 GCP2); FK506 binding protein 5 (FKBP5); Heparin binding EGF like growth factor (HBEGF); Inflammasome; Inflammation; Interleukin (IL) 6, 8; Leukocyte immunoglobulin like receptor, subfamily A, member 5 (LIL RA5 LIR9); Microarray; Nuclear factor of kappa light chain gene enhancer in B cells inhibitor zeta (NFKBIZ); Parturition; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase 2 (PTGS2 COX2); Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (SOCS3); Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CALGRANULIN B; CYTOKERATIN 17; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GRANULOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 2; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HEXOKINASE; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; JANUS KINASE; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LEGUMAIN; LEUKOCYTE IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY A MEMBER 5; METALLOTHIONEIN II; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF KAPPA LIGHT CHAIN GENE ENHANCE IN B CELL INHIBITOR ZETA; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PODOPLANIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE; STAT PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNICITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; LEUKOCYTE; MATERNAL AGE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MYOMETRIUM; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MYOMETRIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650135507     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2010.097     Document Type: Article

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