Induction of Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-6 mRNA in Human Cytotrophoblast Cells Exposed to Lipopolysaccharide

• Main Authors: Bernard Gonik (Author), Jacob Rachmilewitz (Author), Avraham Hochberg (Author), Ran Goshen (Author), Nathan de-Groot (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) have previously been identified in placental tissue and are known to be mediators of infection-associated induction of the host immune system. This study was undertaken to better characterize the in vitro regulation of the...