Phorbol ester treatment of human myometrial cells suppresses expression of oxytocin receptor through a mechanism that does not involve activator protein-1

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Ball, Allison ^a   Jing, Wei Wang ^a   Wong, Susan ^a   Zielnik, Barbara ^a   Mitchell, Jana ^a   Wang, Nanping ^b   Stemerman, Michael B ^b   Mitchell, B F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Parturition; Preterm labor; Protein kinase c

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

BLOOD PROTEINS; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 33751172542     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00602.2005     Document Type: Article

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