Selective CB2 up-regulation in women affected by endometrial inflammation

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 661-670

  Iuvone, Teresa ^a   De Filippis, Daniele ^a   Di Spiezio Sardo, Attilio ^a   D'Amico, Alessandra ^a   Simonetti, Sara ^a   Sparice, Stefania ^a   Esposito, Giuseppe ^a   Bifulco, Giuseppe ^a   Insabato, Luigi ^a   Nappi, Carmine ^a   Guida, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

CB1; CB2; Chymase; Endometrial inflammation; Mast cell; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CALCIMYCIN; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CHYMASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; IONOPHORE; JHW 015; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRITE; PEROXIDASE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UPREGULATION;

BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASES; BIOPSY; CALCIMYCIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DEGRANULATION; CHYMASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; IONOPHORES; MAST CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PEROXIDASE; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RNA, MESSENGER; S-NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 42349113775     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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