Heme oxygenase-carbon monoxide (HO-CO) system in rat uterus: Effect of sexual steroids and prostaglandins

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Cella, Maximiliano ^a   Farina, Mariana G ^a   Keller Sarmiento, María I ^b   Chianelli, Mónica ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^b   Franchi, Ana M ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; cGMP; Heme oxygenase; Oxidative stress; Pregnancy; Prostaglandins; Steroids; Uterus

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC GMP; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HEME OXYGENASE; LIPID; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TAMOXIFEN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HORMONE ACTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MATING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646511516     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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