Reduction of aquaporin-8 on fetal membranes under oligohydramnios in mice lacking prostaglandin F2α receptor

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Shioji, Mitsunori ^a   Fukuda, Hirotsugu ^a,d   Kanzaki, Toru ^a   Wasada, Kenshi ^a   Kanagawa, Takeshi ^a   Shimoya, Koichiro ^a   Mu, Junwu ^b   Sugimoto, Yukihiko ^c   Murata, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin 8; Intramembranous pathway; Oligohydramnios; Prostaglandin F2 receptor deficient mice

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 8; PROSTAGLANDIN F 2 ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN F RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; POSTMATURITY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN;

EID: 33745886522     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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