Oviduct prostacyclin functions as a paracrine factor to augment the development of embryos

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2907-2912

  Huang, Jaou Chen ^a   Goldsby, Jennifer S ^a   Arbab, Farinaz ^b   Melhem, Ziad ^a   Aleksic, Nena ^a   Wu, Kenneth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase; Embryo co culture; Embryo transport; Embryotrophic factor; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARBON 14; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ICOSANOID; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN D2; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLITE; MORULA; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 11144328195     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh520     Document Type: Article

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