Progesterone receptor (PR) antagonism of the inflammatory signals leading to labour

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 281-299

  Hardy, Daniel B ^a   Mendelson, Carole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MIFEPRISTONE; ONAPRISTONE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERINE FUNDUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 33847062394     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539506001811     Document Type: Review

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