Biochemical changes in the cervical tissue of rabbit induced by interleukin-8, interleukin-1β, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate and prostaglandin E2: A comparative study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1099-1104

  El Maradny, Emad ^a   Kanayama, Naohiro ^a   Halim, Abdul ^a   Maehara, Kayoko ^a   Sumimoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Terao, Toshihiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate; Interleukin 1 ; Interleukin 8; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; GELATINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0029884637     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019304     Document Type: Article

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