Patterns of cytokine profiles differ with pregnancy outcome and ethnicity
Author(s) -
Digna R. Velez,
Stephen J. Fortunato,
Nicole Morgan,
Todd L. Edwards,
Salvatore Lombardi,
Scott M. Williams,
Ramkumar Me
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/den170
Subject(s) - pregnancy , cytokine , ethnic group , medicine , affect (linguistics) , risk factor , disease , outcome (game theory) , immunology , obstetrics , biology , psychology , genetics , mathematics , communication , mathematical economics , sociology , anthropology
Preterm birth (PTB) is hypothesized to be an inflammatory response disease. However, no single factor alone is likely to explain PTB risk. It is more probable that coordinated networks of cytokines affect risk.
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