Changes in the cervical extracellular matrix during pregnancy and parturition

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-60

  Winkler, Matthias ^a   Rath, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cytokines; Metalloproteinases; Parturition; Preterm; Proteoglycans; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; ENZYME; FIBRONECTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEUKOTRIENE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEOGLYCAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHILDBIRTH; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; DEGRANULATION; DELIVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRAVASATION; LEUKOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 0033041733     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.1999.006     Document Type: Review

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