Inflammation-induced preterm birth in a murine model is associated with increases in fetal macrophages and circulating erythroid precursors

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-281

  Ernst, Linda M ^a   Gonzalez, Juan ^a   Ofori, Ella ^a   Elovitz, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid infection; Fetal inflammation; Macrophage activation; Mouse model; Nucleated erythrocytes

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DELTA LIKE 4 PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL SAC; HEMATOPOIESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAUTERINE INFLAMMATION; LEPTOMENINX; LIVER HEMATOMA; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TARGET ORGAN; TISSUE NECROSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; FETUS DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OUTBRED STRAIN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELLS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 79952049551     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-05-0649-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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