Treatment with an inhibitor of catechol-O-methyltransferase activity reduces preterm birth and impedes cervical resistance to stretch in pregnant rats

Reproduction

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 831-839

  Wentz, Melissa J ^a   Shi, Shao Qing ^a   Shi, Leili ^a   Salama, Salama A ^a   Harirah, Hassan M ^a   Fouad, Hala ^a   Garfield, Robert E ^a   Al Hendy, Ayman ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYESTRADIOL; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BENZOPHENONES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; FEMALE; HYDROXYESTRONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIFEPRISTONE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 37549051249     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-07-0245     Document Type: Article

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