Table 1.

mRNA differences between African American (AA) and Caucasian (C) women.^*

Gene of interest	Unstimulated control membranes	Endotoxin stimulated membranes
IL-1β	Increased expression in C	Increased expression in AA
IL-6	No difference	No difference
IL-8	No difference	Increased expression in AA
TNF-α	No difference	Increased expression in C
MMP1	Increased expression in AA	Increased expression in AA
MMP2	Increased expression in AA	No difference
MMP 3	No difference	Increased expression in AA
MMP9	Increased expression in AA	Increased expression in AA
MMP 13	Increased expression in AA	Increased expression in C
CRH	No difference	Increased expression in AA
CRH receptor 1	Increased expression in C	Increased expression in AA
CRH-binding protein	Increased expression in C	Increased expression in C
Cox-1	No difference	Increased expression in AA
Cox-2	Increased expression in C	Increased expression in AA
PGDH	Increased expression in C	Increased expression in C

^*From fetal membranes derived at term from women not in labor undergoing elective repeat Cesarean.