Open AccessComparison of serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels between preterm and term births
Author(s) -
Çiğdem Kılıç,
Mustafa Uğur,
Bekir Serdar Ünlü,
Yunus Yıldız,
İshak Artar,
P Karlı,
Kadriye Turgut
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of the turkish-german gynecological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1309-0399
pISSN - 1309-0380
DOI - 10.5152/jtgga.2014.14092
Subject(s) - granulocyte colony stimulating factor , granulocyte , medicine , term (time) , immunology , andrology , chemotherapy , physics , quantum mechanics
Preterm birth (PTB) is the major obstetric problem in developed countries, accounting for the majority of neonatal mortality and morbidity. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a hematopoietic cytokine that mediates the increase in leukocytes in pregnancy and may play a role in placentation. We aimed to investigate the differences of serum G-CSF levels between subsequent spontaneous PTB and term-delivered healthy pregnant women.