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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Reprod Immunol. 2015 Jan 21;73(6):507–521. doi: 10.1111/aji.12362

Figure 4. Levels of amniotic fluid (AF) myeloid differentiation-2 (sMD-2) isoforms (90, 62 and 30 kDa) are influenced by infections status.

Figure 4

A representative sMD-2 Western blot data (4–20% SDS-PAGE reducing gel) of AF retrieved from women that delivered preterm in the setting of negative AF culture (AFC) (A, lane 1), and preterm delivery with positive AF microbial cultures (lanes 2 and 3). Each lane represents a sample from a different woman. Quantification of the 90, 62 and 30 kDa optical density of the sMD-2 AF bands of women who had a preterm amniocentesis, negative AFC and delivered at term (n=25), and women who had negative AFC and delivered preterm (n=25), and women who had positive AFC and delivered preterm (n=50). Our analysis showed that AF sMD-2 levels are increased in infection (black bar) but also in women with idiopathic preterm birth (negative microbial cultures, hashed bar). Error bars show standard error.