Oxytocin modulates nitric oxide generation by human fetal membranes at term pregnancy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-191

  Ticconi, Carlo ^a   Zicari, A ^b   Realacci, M ^b   Di Vito, M ^b   Denora, P ^b   Narcisi, M ^a   Russo, M A ^b   Piccione, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Labor; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Placenta and fetal membranes; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MEMBRANE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LABOR; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 5444240837     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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