Vascular Remodeling and Extracellular Matrix Breakdown in the Uterine Spiral Arteries during Pregnancy

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8_suppl, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Harris, Lynda K ^a   Aplin, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Artery; decidua; elastin; extracellular matrix; invasion; myometrium; proteolysis; trophoblast; vascular smooth muscle.

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SCLEROPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VOLUME; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; TROPHOBLAST; TUNICA MEDIA; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE SPIRAL ARTERY; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; ARTERY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; REVIEW; UTERUS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERUS;

EID: 38749118695     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719107309588     Document Type: Article

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