The entry of fetal and amniotic fluid components into the uterine vessel circulation leads to sterile inflammatory processes during parturition.
Proinflammatory cytokines play an important role during the process of human parturition. The focus of this review was to explore the contribution of biological, biochemical and genetic changes in the onset of term labor. This article reviews the English-language literature on inflammatory, hormonal...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00321/full |