These results demonstrate the importance of IL-10 in countering inflammation associated with preterm labor, and suggest that term and preterm parturition may, in part, represent different conditions.

Platelet transfusions did not lower mortality in very premature born infants with moderate and severe thrombocytopenia during the NICU admission.

Our data suggest that the human placenta is an important site for IFN-gamma-mediated repression of COX-2 expression and PGE2 production, implying that functional withdrawal of IFN-gamma may be involved in the onset of term or preterm labor.