Increased level of matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 in the ripening process of the human cervix

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 889-894

  Stygar, Denis ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Vladic, Ylva Stjernholm ^a   Ekman, Gunvor ^a   Eriksson, Håkan ^a   Sahlin, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervix; Female reproductive tract; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUERPERIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STANDARD; STROMA; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ADULT; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LEUKOCYTES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0036720845     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.005116     Document Type: Article

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