1997
Potential Therapeutic Use of Cytokines in Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Bukulmez O, Arici A. Potential Therapeutic Use of Cytokines in Gynaecology and Obstetrics. BioDrugs 1997, 8: 193-204. PMID: 18020510, DOI: 10.2165/00063030-199708030-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterleukin-1Preterm laborInfection-associated preterm laborIL-1 receptor antagonistIL-8 levelsIntra-amniotic infectionLuteinising hormone levelsCytokine-based therapiesTumor necrosis factorCentral nervous systemPotential therapeutic useLeukemia inhibitory factorPreterm parturitionCervical ripeningCytokine levelsAnticytokine agentsIL-1raCervical maturationIL-6IL-8Receptor antagonistFollicular ruptureProlactin levelsRoutine clinical applicationHormone levels
1996
Interleukin-8 expression and modulation in human preovulatory follicles and ovarian cells
Arici A, Oral E, Bukulmez O, Buradagunta S, Engin O, Olive D. Interleukin-8 expression and modulation in human preovulatory follicles and ovarian cells. Endocrinology 1996, 137: 3762-3769. DOI: 10.1210/en.137.9.3762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModulation of interleukin-8Tumor necrosis factor-alphaConcentrations of interleukin-8Necrosis factor-alphaFollicular fluid samplesIL-1 alphaGranulosa-luteinInterleukin-8IL-1Factor-alphaFollicular fluidSerum IL-8 levelsGranulosa-lutein cell culturesMessenger RNANeutrophil chemoattractant/activating factorPeriovulatory follicular fluidOvarian stromal cellsHuman preovulatory folliclesIL-8 messenger RNAFollicular fluid levelsInterleukin-8 levelsHuman follicular fluidIL-8 levelsStromal cell culturesInterleukin-8 mRNA expression