Oxytocin-induced labor augments IL-1beta-stimulated lung fluid absorption in fetal guinea pig lungs.

Oxytocin-induced labor augments IL-1beta-stimulated lung fluid absorption in fetal guinea pig lungs.

Nair Prem K; Li Tianbo; Bhattacharjee Reshma; Ye Xin; Folkesson Hans G

American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology

2005

2005-12

We tested the hypothesis that oxytocin-induced labor augmented

*Labor; Absorption/drug effects; Amiloride/administration & dosage; Animals; Enzyme Activation/drug effects; Enzyme Inhibitors/administration & dosage; Epinephrine/metabolism; Extravascular Lung Water/*metabolism; Female; Fetal Organ Maturity/drug effects; Fetus/metabolism; Guinea Pigs; Hydrocortisone/metabolism; Induced; Interleukin-1/*administration & dosage/metabolism; Ion Transport/drug effects; Lung/*embryology; Maternal-Fetal Exchange/drug effects; Metyrapone/administration & dosage; Oxytocics/*administration & dosage; Oxytocin/*administration & dosage; Pregnancy; Propranolol/administration & dosage; Sodium Channel Blockers/administration & dosage; Sodium-Potassium-Chloride Symporters/metabolism; Vasodilator Agents/administration & dosage

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