Novel in vitro system for functional assessment of oxytocin action

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Devost, Dominic ^a   Zingg, Hans H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extracellular signal regulated kinase 1 2; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Myometrial cell lines; Myometrium; Oxytocin receptor; Parturition

Indexed keywords

ATOSIBAN; COLLAGEN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL LINE; CELL POPULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CELL LINE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; TELOMERASE; UTERINE CONTRACTION; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 33846083302     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00529.2005     Document Type: Article

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