Inflammasome assembly in the chorioamniotic membranes during spontaneous labor at term

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Xu, Yi ^a,b   Garcia Flores, Valeria ^a,b   Leng, Yaozhu ^a,b   Panaitescu, Bogdan ^a,b   Miller, Derek ^a,b   Abrahams, Vikki M ^e   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute chorioamnionitis; apoptosis associated speck like protein containing a CARD (ASC); ASC speck; caspase 1; interleukin 1 beta; intra amniotic infection inflammation

Indexed keywords

CASP 1 PROTEIN; INFLAMMASOME; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TISSUE SECTION; AMNION; CHORION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNION; CHORION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85013682294     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12648     Document Type: Article

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