The physiological role of relaxin in the pregnant rat. IV. the influence of relaxin on cervical collagen and glycosaminoglycans

Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 471-479

  Downing, S J ^a,b   Sherwood, O D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMAL; CASTRATION; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; DERMATAN SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HEXOSAMINES; HYALURONIC ACID; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RELAXIN; SOLUBILITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0022578301     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-118-2-471     Document Type: Article

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