The Role of Stretch-induced Myometrial Cytokines in Leukocyte Recruitment during Parturition
Spontaneous term labour is associated with increased inflammatory events in the myometrium including cytokine production and leukocyte infiltration. We hypothesized that mechanical stretch of the uterine wall by the growing fetus facilitates peripheral leukocyte transendothelial migration into the t...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43049 |