Interleukin-Iβ Intra-Amniotic Infusion Induces TUmor Necrosis Factor-α, Prostaglandin Production, and Preterm COntractions in Pregnant Rhesus Monkeys

Tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1: cytokines with multiple overlapping biological activities.

1987 • 1,345 citations

Biology of multifunctional cytokines: IL 6 and related molecules (IL 1 and TNF)

1990 • 1,307 citations

A highly sensitive cell line, WEHI 164 clone 13, for measuring cytotoxic factor/tumor necrosis factor from human monocytes

1986 • 1,282 citations

Infection and labor

1989 • 600 citations

Infection and labor

1992 • 593 citations

The relationship of amniotic fluid cytokines and preterm delivery, amniotic fluid infection, histologic chorioamnionitis, and chorioamnion infection.

1993 • 580 citations

Amniotic fluid interleukin 6 in preterm labor. Association with infection.

1990 • 557 citations

Infection and labor

1989 • 441 citations

The Proinflammatory Cytokines Interleukin-l and Tumor Necrosis Factor and Treatment of the Septic Shock Syndrome

1991 • 409 citations

Regulation of fibroblast cyclooxygenase synthesis by interleukin-1.

1988 • 401 citations

An experimental model for intraamniotic infection and preterm labor in rhesus monkeys

1994 • 341 citations

Systemic administration of interleukin-1 induces preterm parturition in mice

1991 • 333 citations

Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor-alpha formation in human decidua. Potential role of cytokines in infection-induced preterm labor.

1989 • 307 citations

Interlukin-1 stimulates prostaglandin biosynthesis by human amnion

1989 • 301 citations

Interleukin-6 stimulates prostaglandin production by human amnion and decidual cells

1991 • 232 citations

Human decidua: a source of interleukin-1.

1989 • 221 citations

The natural interleukin-1 receptor antagonist prevents interleukin-l-induced preterm delivery in mice

1992 • 212 citations

Prostaglandin concentrations in amniotic fluid of women with intra-amniotic infection and preterm labor

1987 • 194 citations

Pregnancy Maintenance and Parturition: The Role of Prostaglandin in Manipulating the Immune and Inflammatory Response

1994 • 161 citations

Animal models in fetal medicine

1980 • 151 citations

Interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor stimulate arachidonic acid release and phospholipid metabolism in human myometrial cells

1993 • 99 citations

Immunologic aspects of preterm labor.

1991 • 89 citations

Temporal changes in uterine activity and prostaglandin response to RU486 in rhesus macaques in late gestation

1987 • 82 citations

Qualitative and quantitative studies of cytokines synthesized and secreted by non-human primate peripheral blood mononuclear cells

1993 • 68 citations

Transfer of cytokines through human fetal membranes

1994 • 58 citations

Infection, Inflammation, and Contractions: The Role of Cytokines in the Pathophysiology of Preterm Labor

1994 • 58 citations

Induction of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in rhesus monkeys after intraamniotic infection with group B streptococci or interleukin-1 infusion

1994 • 57 citations

Effects of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α on prostaglandin production by cultured human fetal membranes

1993 • 31 citations

Simplified vest and tether system for maintenance of chronically catheterized pregnant rhesus monkeys.

1988 • 31 citations

Prostaglandin Production during Spontaneous Labor and after Treatment with RU486 in Pregnant Rhesus Macaques1

1994 • 29 citations

A Nonhuman Primate Model for Chorioamnionitis and Preterm Labor

1994 • 25 citations

Interleukin-1 binding and prostaglandin E2 synthesis by amnion cells in culture: regulation by tumor necrosis factor-α, transforming growth factor-β, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist

1993 • 25 citations

5-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid biosynthesis by gestational tissues: Effects of inflammmatory cytokines

1993 • 22 citations

Soluble receptors for tumor necrosis factor: occurrence in association with normal delivery at term.

1993 • 18 citations

Mechanism of Cytokine Stimulation of Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in Human Decidua

1994 • 15 citations