“…We and others have presented data implicating PPARs in the inflammatory events that contribute to normal labor at term (Lim & Dey 2000, Lappas et al 2002b, Berry et al 2003, Dunn-Albanese et al 2004, Ackerman et al 2005, Lindstrom & Bennett 2005, Froment et al 2006, Schaiff et al 2006, Fournier et al 2007, Holdsworth-Carson et al 2009). PPARs exhibit anti-inflammatory properties (Jiang et al 1998, Ricote et al 1998, Delerive et al 2001, Daynes & Jones 2002, Lappas et al 2002b, Kielian et al 2008, Perez et al 2008 and are hypothesized to promote pregnancy quiescence and initiate labor (Dunn-Albanese et al 2004, Froment et al 2006, Schaiff et al 2006, Wieser et al 2008. There are three isoforms of PPAR nuclear receptors (a (PPARA), d (PPARD), and g (PPARG)) and they act as liganddependent transcription factors (Issemann & Green 1990, Dreyer et al 1992.…”