A program of cell death and extracellular matrix degradation is activated in the amnion before the onset of labor

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1971-1978

  Lei, Hanqin ^a   Furth, Emma E ^a   Kalluri, Raghu ^a   Chiou, Terry ^a   Tilly, Kim I ^b   Tilly, Jonathan L ^b   Elkon, Keith B ^c   Jeffrey, John J ^d   Strauss III, Jerome F ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e 778 Clinical Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

amnion; apoptosis; collagen; interstitial collagenase; ribosomes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGENASE; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA 28S;

AMNION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT;

EID: 0029861795     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119001     Document Type: Article

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