Inflammatory gene regulatory networks in amnion cells following cytokine stimulation: Translational systems approach to modeling human parturition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Li, Ruth ^a   Ackerman, William E ^a   Summerfield, Taryn L ^a   Yu, Lianbo ^a   Gulati, Parul ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Huang, Kun ^a   Romero, Roberto ^c,d   Kniss, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

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

^d HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIRTH; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; AMNION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMNION; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MODELS, GENETIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79958005816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020560     Document Type: Article

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