Expression of Cyclooxygenase-II (COX-II) and 20α-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (20α-HSD)/Prostaglandin F-synthase (PGFS) in Bovine Placentomes: Implications for the Initiation of Parturition in Cattle

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1022-1029

  Schuler, G ^a   Teichmann, U ^a   Kowalewski, M P ^a   Hoffmann, B ^a   Madore, E ^b   Fortier, M A ^b   Klisch, K ^c  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Germany)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

20 HSD PGFS; Cattle; COX II; Parturition; Placenta

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORION VILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST;

20-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEOLYSIS; PARTURITION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33646259739     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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