[Tumor necrosis factor and induced labor]

Contracept Fertil Sex. 1997 Jan;25(1):51-7.
[Article in French]

Abstract

TNF and LPS can induced labour in mice. In our serial, in induced RU 486 labour, TNF value enhanced 48 hours after RU 486 and decreased after parturition.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Labor, Induced / methods*
  • Mice
  • Mifepristone / therapeutic use*
  • Oxytocin / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Time Factors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology*

Substances

  • Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Mifepristone
  • Oxytocin