The expression and function of the endothelin system in contractile properties of vaginal myofibroblasts of women with uterovaginal prolapse

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 426-432

  Poncet, Sébastien ^a   Meyer, Sylvain ^b   Richard, Christelle ^a   Aubert, John David ^b   Juillerat Jeanneret, Lucienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Contraction; Endothelin; Prolapse; Vaginal myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BOSENTAN; COLLAGEN GEL; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

EID: 13444310991     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.09.018     Document Type: Article

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