Cytokine levels in late pregnancy: Are female infants better protected against inflammation?

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Burns, Christine ^a,b,c   Hall, Sharron Therese ^a,b,c   Smith, Roger ^a,b   Blackwell, Caroline ^a,b  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Cord blood; Cytokines; Maternal plasma; Third trimester

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 84935140922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2015.00318     Document Type: Article

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