Evidence of an immunosuppressive effect of progesterone upon in vitro secretion of proinflammatory and prodegradative factors in a model of choriodecidual infection

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1798-1807

  Pineda Torres, M ^a   Flores Espinosa, P ^a   Espejel Nunez, A ^a   Estrada Gutierrez, G ^a   Flores Pliego, A ^a   Maida Claros, R ^a   Zaga Clavellina, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Human fetal membranes; inflammation; intrauterine infection; lipopolysaccharide metalloproteinases; progesterone

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; GESTAGEN;

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CHORIODECIDUAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STUDENT T TEST; DECIDUA; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

CYTOKINES; DECIDUA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84947612205     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13113     Document Type: Article

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