Umbilical cord blood concentrations of IL-6, IL-8, and MMP-8 in pregnancy complicated by preterm premature rupture of the membranes and histological chorioamnionitis

Abstract

Histological chorioamnionitis is associated with significant increase in umbilical cord blood IL-6 concentration in patients with histological chorioamnionitis and funisitis, umbilical cord blood IL-6 and IL-8 is significantly higher compared to those without histological sign of inflammation.

Keywords

• histological chorioamnionitis
• funisitis
• IL-6
• IL-8
• MMP-8
• umbilical cord blood