Selective P2Y2 receptor agonists stimulate vaginal moisture in ovariectomized rabbits

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 393-398

  Min, Kweonsik ^a,b   Munarriz, Ricardo ^a,b   Yerxa, Benjamin R ^a,b   Goldstein, Irwin ^a,b   Shaver, Sammy R ^a,b   Cowlen, Matthew S ^a,b   Traish, Abdulmaged M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Inspire Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen replacement; Ovariectomy; P2Y2 receptor agonists; Sexual dysfunction; Vaginal moisture

Indexed keywords

DIQUAFOSOL; INS 45973; MESSENGER RNA; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE DROPS; POLYPHOSPHATE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y2 RECEPTOR; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINAL DRYNESS; ANIMAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; SECRETION; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OVARIECTOMY; POLYPHOSPHATES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; RNA, MESSENGER; URACIL NUCLEOTIDES; VAGINA;

EID: 0037289722     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04677-0     Document Type: Article

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