Effects of progesterone on iNOS, COX-2 and collagen expression in the cervix

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-639

  Marx, Stephen G ^a   Wentz, Melissa J ^a   MacKay, Lynette B ^a   Schlembach, Dietmar ^a   Maul, Holger ^a   Fittkow, Cordula ^a   Given, Randal ^a   Vedernikov, Yurij ^a   Saade, George R ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Cervix; COX 2; iNOS; Nitric oxide; Onapristone; Parturition; Progesterone; Prostaglandin; Rat

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; ONAPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHILDBIRTH; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINANCE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AZO COMPOUNDS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; GONANES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33646710187     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5A6759.2006     Document Type: Article

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