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Abstract
Objective: We tested whether lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced murine preterm birth was delayed by tyrphostins (inhibitors of tyrosine kinases).
Study design: The tyrphostins, AG126 or AG1288, or the prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase-2 (PGHS-2) inhibitor, NS-398, were administered 2 h before LPS, with LPS, or 2 h after LPS and their effect on gestational length was measured.
Results: Only tyrphostins and NS-398 administered 2h before LPS successfully delayed preterm birth (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: Both tyrphostins AG126 and AG1288 as well as NS-398 inhibited LPS induced preterm birth to the time of normal birth.
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Published Online: 2005-06-01
Published in Print: 2002-07-26
Copyright © 2002 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
