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Essential role for IL-10 in resistance to lipopolysaccharide-induced preterm labor in mice.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Oct 2006
Robertson Sarah A, Skinner Rebecca J, Care Alison S
Abstract excerpt
IL-10 is highly expressed in the uterus and placenta and is implicated in controlling inflammation-induced pathologies of pregnancy. To investigate the role of IL-10 in regulating preterm labor, the response of IL-10 null mutant mice to low-dose LPS in late gestation was evaluated. When IL-10 null mutant C57BL/6 (IL-10(-/-)) and control (IL-10(+/+)) mice were administered LPS on day 17 of pregnancy, the dose of...
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