Glucocorticoids stimulate prostaglandin H synthase type-2 (PGHS-2) in the fibroblast cells in human amnion cultures

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-147

  Economopoulos, P ^a   Sun, M ^a   Purgina, B ^a   Gibb, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amnion; Culture; Fibroblast; Glucocorticoids; Labor; Prostaglandin H synthase

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

AMNION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030010069     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03739-X     Document Type: Article

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