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ArticleInflammation2022

The Role of IL-27 in the Systemic Inflammatory Response That Accompanies Preterm Labour.

Youwen Mei, Yuxin Ran, Zheng Liu, Yunqian Zhou, Jie He, Nanlin Yin, Hongbo Qi

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Article in Inflammation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Recent Insights Into Targeting Interleukin-27 in Coronary Artery Disease.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025
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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Youwen MeiInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yuxin RanInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Zheng LiuInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Yunqian ZhouInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Jie HeInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China.
Nanlin YinInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China. yinnanlin@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
Hongbo QiInternational Collaborative Jointed Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China. qihongbocy@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3776-0487
The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate whether interleukin-27 (IL-27) activates maternal peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and induces inflammatory responses in amniotic epithelial cells in preterm labour (PL). The expression of IL-27p28, EBI3 and IL-27Rα was compared in maternal PBMCs of the PL, term labour (TL) and term not in labour (TNL) groups. The relationship between IL-27 and molecules associated with PBMC activation was investigated using bioinformatic and quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analyses. We investigated the inflammatory effects of IL-27 in PBMCs and its underlying mechanisms in vitro. In addition, we treated amniotic epithelial cells (WISH cells) with a PBMC-conditioned medium to identify the inflammatory effects of IL-27-treated PBMCs in amniotic epithelial cells. The expression of IL-27p28 and IL-27Rα in PBMCs of the PL group was higher than that in the TL/TNL groups. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that IL-27 was positively correlated with IFNG, IL6, IL1β, CXCL10 and ICAM1 in the whole blood samples of pregnant women in the PL group, which was confirmed using qRT-PCR. Furthermore, rhIL-27 promoted the expression of Th1 cell-related molecules (T-bet, IFN-γ and ICAM-1) and proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and IL-1β) in PBMCs in vitro, which was partially mediated by the JAK2/STAT1 pathway. In addition, it enhanced the expression of IL-27p28, EBI3 and IL-27Rα in PBMCs. Moreover, the expression of IL-6, IL-1β and TNF-α in WISH cells was significantly increased by the conditional medium derived from IL-27-treated PBMCs. IL-27 upregulated the expression of Th1 cell-related molecules and proinflammatory cytokines in PBMCs partially mediated by the JAK2/STAT1 pathway. Inflammatory responses were induced in WISH cells by a conditional medium derived from IL-27-treated PBMCs. Therefore, IL-27 may contribute to PL by promoting inflammation in maternal PBMCs and amniotic epithelial cells.

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Interleukin-27Obstetric Labor, PrematureCytokinesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInterleukinsLeukocytes, MononuclearPregnancySystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeCytokinesInterleukin-27InterleukinsMYDGF protein, humanamniotic epithelial cell.interleukin-27peripheral blood mononuclear cellspreterm labour

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PMID34773188
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