Profiles of cytokines secreted by cultured decidual cells from women with and without subclinical intrauterine infection.

<p>Concentrations of: <b>a)</b> anti-inflammatory cytokines, <b>b)</b> pro-inflammatory cytokines, and <b>c)</b> IL-8 in the supernatants of decidual cell cultures from women with preterm labor (PTL), with (n = 10) or without subclinical intrauterine infection (n = 25). Data in <b>c)</b> represent concentrations of IL-8 in the supernatants of progressive culture passages. Data are presented as mean ± SD; experiments were performed in duplicate. ***<i>P</i><0.001, **<i>P</i><0.005, *<i>P</i><0.05 as compared to passage 1 for each group.