Influence of progesterone on myometrial contractility in pregnant mice treated with lipopolysaccharide

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 765-771

  Anbe, Hiroshi ^a   Okawa, Toshiaki ^a   Sugawara, Noboru ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Vedernikov, Yuri P ^b   Saade, George R ^b   Garfield, Robert E ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractility; IL 6; Lipopolysaccharide; Myometrium; Nitric oxide; PGE 2

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; ARGININE; DIETHYLAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

ANIMALS; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOMETRIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 36048945978     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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