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Effects of adrenomedullin on the expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in oviducts from women with tubal ectopic pregnancy: an in-vitro experimental study

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Title
Effects of adrenomedullin on the expression of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in oviducts from women with tubal ectopic pregnancy: an in-vitro experimental study
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Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12958-015-0117-x
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Hang Wun Raymond Li, Su-Bin Liao, Philip Chi Ngong Chiu, William Shu Biu Yeung, Ernest Hung Yu Ng, Annie Nga Yin Cheung, Fai Tang, Wai Sum O

Abstract

The occurrence of tubal ectopic pregnancy (tEP) is related to the inflammation of the oviduct. Recently, Adrenomedullin (ADM) was found highly expression in human oviduct. The current study is to investigate whether ADM have a modulatory action on inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in oviductal tissue from women with tubal ectopic pregnancy (tEP). Oviductal isthmus samples were collected from women with tEP undergoing salpingectomy, and women undergoing hysterectomy for benign gynaecological conditions. The mRNA and protein levels of inflammatory cytokines/chemokines were assayed by PCR (n = 6 for tEP, n = 5 for controls) and protein microarray methods (n = 5 for both tEP and controls) respectively. Some of the inflammatory cytokines/chemokines were upregulated by ADM in oviducts from tEP patients at both mRNA and protein levels. Incubation of oviduct from tEP patients with ADM for 24 h down-regulated some of these cytokines/chemokines. Our results suggest an additional mechanism whereby ADM insufficiency may increase the susceptibility to tEP through diminished anti-inflammatory activity. The actual impact of the relationship between ADM and inflammatory process on tubal implantation needs further exploration.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 17%
Student > Master 2 11%
Student > Postgraduate 2 11%
Professor 1 6%
Other 3 17%
Unknown 4 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 28%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 28%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 11%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Arts and Humanities 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 3 17%
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