Prostanoid receptors in human uterine myocytes: The effect of reproductive state and stretch

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 859-864

  Sooranna, S R ^a   Grigsby, P ^b   Myatt, L ^b   Bennett, P R ^c   Johnson, Mark R ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Prostanoid receptors; Stretch; Uterine smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROSTANOID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 33645057941     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah228     Document Type: Article

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