Mid-trimester amniotic fluid concentrations of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, and lipopolysaccharide binding protein in normal pregnancies: A prospective evaluation according to parity, gestational age, and fetal gender

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-409

  Bamberg, Christian ^a   Fotopoulou, Christina ^a   Linder, Mattea ^a   Roehr, Charles Christoph ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a   Henrich, Wolfgang ^a   Kalache, Karim ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; cytokines; interleukin 6; interleukin 8; lipopolysaccharide binding protein; mid trimester; reference values; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABORTION; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GENDER; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960238176     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2011.041     Document Type: Article

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