Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 749432, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/749432
Research Article
Pretreatment with Pancaspase Inhibitor (Z-VAD-FMK) Delays but Does Not Prevent Intraperitoneal Heat-Killed Group B Streptococcus-Induced Preterm Delivery in a Pregnant Mouse Model
Ozlem Equils,
1,2,3,4 Chantelle Moffatt-Blue,
1,2,3 Tomo-o Ishikawa,
3 Charles F. Simmons,
2,3 Vladimir Ilievski,
5 and
Emmet Hirsch4,6
1Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
2Ahmanson Department of Pediatrics, Steven Spielberg Pediatric Research Center, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA
3Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Evanston, IL, USA
4Medical Division, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY 10017-5755, USA
5NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL 60201, USA
6Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Received 18 June 2009; Accepted 3 October 2009
Academic Editor: Louise Hafner
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How to Cite this Article
Ozlem Equils, Chantelle Moffatt-Blue, Tomo-o Ishikawa, Charles F. Simmons, Vladimir Ilievski, and Emmet Hirsch, “Pretreatment with Pancaspase Inhibitor (Z-VAD-FMK) Delays but Does Not Prevent Intraperitoneal Heat-Killed Group B Streptococcus-Induced Preterm Delivery in a Pregnant Mouse Model,” Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 2009, Article ID 749432, 8 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/749432