Objective: Interleukin 16 is a proinflammatory cytokine that promotes the recruitment of
nonclonotypic T cells and eosinophils to sites of inflammation and induces resistance to …

Objective: Interleukin 18 is a proinflammatory pleiotropic cytokine that has been implicated
in the host defense against infection. This study was undertaken to determine whether …

OBJECTIVE: To better understand the role of the antiinflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 in
preterm labor and infection, we evaluated the amniotic fluid interleukin-10 concentrations …

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether amniotic fluid interleukin-6 is increased
and inversely proportional to gestational age in women with chorioamnion colonization and …

To determine if amniotic fluid interleukin-10 (IL-10) concentrations are elevated in women
with labor, either at term or preterm, and in the setting of infection-associated preterm labor …

PROBLEM: The purpose of this study was to determine if amniotic fluid concentrations of the
interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) are of value in diagnosis of microbial invasion of the amniotic cavity and …

Objective: Our purpose was (1) to determine the frequency of intraamniotic and
extraamniotic intrauterine infection in patients with premature labor and intact membranes …

PROBLEM: Subclinical intra‐amniotic infection is often associated with preterm delivery and
may precede it by several weeks. We tested the hypothesis that Interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) may be …

Preterm labor associated with intrauterine infection is characterized by increased amniotic
fluid concentrations of various proinflammatory cytokines, including inter-leukin-1β (IL-1β) …

To evaluate whether IL-6 participates in the host response to intrauterine infection, we
studied IL-6 bioactivity and isoforms in amniotic fluid (AF). Two different assays for IL-6 were …