Maternal dexamethasone increases endothelin-1 sensitivity and endothelin A receptor expression in ovine foetal placental arteries

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 392-402

  Kutzler, Michelle A ^a   Molnar, J ^b   Schlafer, D H ^b   Kuc, R E ^c   Davenport, A P ^c   Nathanielsz, P W ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

EID: 0041858484     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/plac.2002.0920     Document Type: Article

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