Clinical chorioamnionitis at term VII: the amniotic fluid cellular immune response

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 523-538

  Martinez Varea, Alicia ^b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c,d,e   Xu, Yi ^b   Miller, Derek ^b,e   Ahmed, Ahmed I ^b,e   Chaemsaithong, Piya ^b,e   Chaiyasit, Noppadol ^b,e   Yeo, Lami ^b,e   Shaman, Majid ^b,e   Lannaman, Kia ^b,e   Cher, Benjamin ^b   Hassan, Sonia S ^b,e   Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^b,e  

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

Author keywords

Cytokine; flow cytometry; interleukin 1 alpha (IL 1 ); interleukin 1 beta (IL 1 ); interleukin 6 (IL 6); leukocytes; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC); monocytes; neutrophils; parturition

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAINING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-6; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023166628     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0225     Document Type: Article

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