High iNOS mRNA and protein levels during early third trimester suggest a role for NO in prelabor cervical ripening in the bovine

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-385

  Aalberts, Marian ^a   Van Dissel Emiliani, Federica M F ^a   Van Tol, Helena T A ^b   Taverne, Marcel A M ^b   Breeveld Dwarkasing, Vidya N A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical ripening; Cervix; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide; Parturition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BIRTH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LABOR; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TISSUE REPAIR; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BOVINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 33846453570     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20546     Document Type: Article

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