N-acetylcysteine attenuates the maternal and fetal proinflammatory response to intrauterine LPS injection in an animal model for preterm birth and brain injury

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 732-740

  Chang, Eugene Y ^a   Zhang, Jingmei ^a   Sullivan, Scott ^a   Newman, Roger ^a   Singh, Inderjit ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroprotection; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK REDUCTION; WHITE MATTER;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; MICE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 79953899278     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.528089     Document Type: Article

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