Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate potentiates the effect of interleukin-8 on the cervix

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 191-195

  Maradny, Emad ^a   Kanayama, Naohiro ^a   Maehara, Kayoko ^a   Kobayashi, Takao ^a   Terao, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen and cervix; Collagenase; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Elastase; Interleukin 8; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; GELATINASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALS; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; GELATINASES; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; NEUTROPHILS; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

EID: 0029808644     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000291952     Document Type: Article

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