Can statins reduce the inflammatory response associated with preterm birth in an animal model?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224.e1-224.e7

  Basraon, Sanmaan K ^a   Menon, Ramkumar ^a   Makhlouf, Michel ^a   Longo, Monica ^a   Hankins, Gary D V ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Costantine, Maged M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; inflammation; preterm delivery; statins

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PRAVASTATIN; RNA; SIMVASTATIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL SERUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS;

EID: 84865728766     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.020     Document Type: Article

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