Figure 1.
A Western blot demonstrating matrix metalloproteinase-9protein signals in fetal membrane samples from rupture and mipoint locations, respectively, in membrane from three patients without labor and preterm premature rupture of membranes (PROM) (lanes 2–7) and one preterm PROM patient with labor (lanes 8 and 9). Lane 1 contains the molecular weight standards: from the lane top to bottom 205, 119, 82, 52, 32, 27 and 14 kDa; lanes 2 and 3 are patient 1 samples; lanes 4 and 5 are patient 2 samples; and lanes 6 and 7 are patient 3 samples