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From: Spontaneous preterm labor is associated with an increase in the proinflammatory signal transducer TLR4 receptor on maternal blood monocytes

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Expression of TLR4 mRNA in maternal peripheral blood leukocytes in pregnant controls and in women with preterm or term labor. TLR4 mRNA levels was determined relative to 18S rRNA using a quantitative dual gene approach and expressed as the integrated density value of the amplicon. The expression levels of pregnant (P) and woman with spontaneous preterm labor (PTL) were significantly different (P = 0.002). The expression levels of the term non-labor (TNL), and term labor (TL), were not significantly different (p > 0.05).

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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

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