Matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9 and their inhibitors are produced by the human uterine cervix but their secretion is not regulated by nitric oxide donors

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2089-2096

  Ledingham, Marie Anne ^a   Denison, Fiona C ^b   Riley, Simon C ^b   Norman, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervix; Matrix metalloproteinase; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Uterus

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

EID: 0032773437     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.8.2089     Document Type: Article

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