Effect of Supracervical Apposition and Spontaneous Labour on Apoptosis and Matrix Metalloproteinases in Human Fetal Membranes

Figure 4

Effect of SCS apposition and labour, on (a) pro-MMP-2 and (b) pro-MMP-9 activities in fetal membranes. The bottom panel is the gelatin zymography demonstrating pro-MMP-2 and pro-MMP-9 expressions in amnion and chorion. Each bar represents the mean (relative to no-labour SCS) ± SEM (𝑛=6 patients per group). ^∗𝑃<0.05 versus SCS (no-labour SCS versus no-labour DS analysed by paired sample comparison; no-labour SCS versus post-labour SOR analysed by Student’s 𝑡-test).

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