Clinical chorioamnionitis at term IX: In vivo evidence of intra-amniotic inflammasome activation

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 276-287

  Gomez Lopez, Nardhy ^a,b,c,d   Romero, Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Maymon, Eli ^a,b,c,d   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^a,b,e,f   Panaitescu, Bogdan ^a,b,c,d   Miller, Derek ^a,b,c,d   Pacora, Percy ^a,b,c,d   Tarca, Adi L ^a,b,c,d   Motomura, Kenichiro ^a,b,c,d   Erez, Offer ^a,b,g   Jung, Eunjung ^a   Hassan, Sonia S ^a,b   Hsu, Chaur Dong ^a  

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

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

^c HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g HOSPITAL DR SÓTERO DEL RÍO   (Chile)

Author keywords

alarmins; amniotic fluid; ASC; cytokine; DAMPs; danger signals; interleukin 1 (IL 1 ); interleukin 6 (IL 6); intra amniotic infection; microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity (MIAC); neutrophils; NLRP3; parturition; PYCARD; sterile intra amniotic inflammation

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS ASSOCIATED SPECK LIKE PROTEIN CONTAINING A C TERMINAL CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN; GLUCOSE; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 6; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN SIGNALING PROTEIN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PYCARD PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CARD SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEINS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMASOMES; INTERLEUKIN-6; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85056530846     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2018-0271     Document Type: Article

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