Figure 5. Monocyte MHC Class II expression in women with very preterm labour and preterm premature rupture of membranes with and without the presence of bacteria.

Maternal monocytes were analysed for the expression (median fluorescence intensity- MFI) of MHC Class II by flow cytometry. The differential expression of MHC Class II expression in very preterm deliveries (PTL with intact membranes and PPROM CS and V; n = 33 as only 33 blood samples were processed out of the possible 45 total of PPROM and PTL groups) with or without the presence of bacteria (as defined by positive bacterial DNA amplification by broad-range 16S rDNA PCR only) was analysed by Mann-Whitney U test.