Prostaglandin production at the onset of ovine parturition is regulated by both estrogen-independent and estrogen-dependent pathways

Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3783-3791

  Whittle, W L ^a,c   Holloway, A C ^a   Lye, S J ^a   Gibb, W ^b   Challis, J R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

13,14 DIHYDRO 15 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; ESTROGEN; FORMESTANE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL BLOOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033752692     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.141.10.7703     Document Type: Article

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