Vascular endothelial growth factor induces mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory factors in the uterine cervix of mice

Biomedical Research (Japan)

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 363-372

  Nguyen, Bao Tran Anh ^a   Minkiewicz, Veronica ^a   McCabe, Ellie ^a   Cecile, Jennifer ^a   Mowa, Chishimba Nathan ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT VASCULOTROPIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 164;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84872072479     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.33.363     Document Type: Article

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