Alteration of prostaglandin production and agonist responsiveness by n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in endometrial cells from late-gestation ewes

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Cheng, Z ^a   Elmes, M ^a   Kirkup, S E ^a   Abayasekara, D R E ^a   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIET; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; STROMA CELL; SUPPLEMENTATION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CELLS, CULTURED; DEXAMETHASONE; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRIUM; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; SHEEP;

EID: 4444225682     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1820249     Document Type: Article

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