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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Jan;198(1):122.e1–122.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2007.06.065

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Intra-amniotic injection of U. parvum serovar 3 (20x103 cfu) on day 80 of pregnancy caused intrauterine inflammation at 145 days. (A) Chorioamnion inflammation scores were higher than control after ureaplasma injection (*p=0.003 versus Control). Hematoxylin and eosin stained sections of chorioamnion show few inflammatory cells in tissue from a control animal (B; score = 1) and extensive infiltration in a sample from a ureaplasma-exposed animal (C; score = 3). (D) Expression of mRNA for proinflammatory cytokines, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8 was elevated after exposure to ureaplasmas but levels were variable and not significantly higher than control.