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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Perinatol. 2013 Apr;37(2):94–101. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2013.01.005

Figure 2. Modest time-dependent fetal lung inflammation induced by UP in preterm fetal Sheep.

Figure 2

A: Intraamniotic injection of Ureaplasma parvum serovar 3 into the amniotic cavity induced an increase in IL-8 mRNA in the fetal lung. B: Neutrophils in broncho-alveolar lavage fluid. Results are given per kilogram body weight. The Ureaplasma parvum serovar 3 injection induced a pulmonary inflammation at 3 days, 7 days, 14 days or 70 days before preterm delivery. *, p <0.05 versus control. Figure based on data from38,41.