Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in the Amniotic Cavity of Women with Intra-Amniotic Infection: A New Mechanism of Host Defense

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1139-1153

  Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,b   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Xu, Yi ^a,b   Miller, Derek ^a,b   Unkel, Ronald ^a,b   Shaman, Majid ^a,b   Jacques, Suzanne M ^a,e   Panaitescu, Bogdan ^a,b   Garcia Flores, Valeria ^a,b   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokines; fetal inflammatory response; fever; funisitis; inflammation; intra amniotic inflammation; labor; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC); neutrophil; parturition; pregnancy; preterm birth; preterm labor

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELASTASE; HISTONE H3; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT; EXTRACELLULAR TRAP; FEMALE; FUNISITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT; AMNION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AMNION; AMNIOTIC FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; EXTRACELLULAR TRAPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023201110     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719116678690     Document Type: Article

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