Prolonged labour associated with lower expression of syndecan 3 and connexin 43 in human uterine tissue

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cluff, Ann Hjelm ^a   Byström, Birgitta ^a   Klimaviciute, Aurelija ^a   Dahlqvist, Camilla ^c   Cebers, Gvido ^b   Malmström, Anders ^c   Ekman Ordeberg, Gunvor ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SYNDECAN 3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT MORTALITY; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MYOMETRIUM; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE BLOOD VESSEL; UTERUS; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROTEOGLYCANS; SYNDECAN-3; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 33745084572     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-4-24     Document Type: Article

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