Uterine involution and endometrial function in postpartum pony mares

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1525-1534

  Jischa, Susanne ^a   Walter, Ingrid ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^a   Palm, Franziska ^a   Budik, Sven ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^a   Aurich, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LECTIN; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUTION; LECTIN BINDING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS GROWTH;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MURAMIDASE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56749170748     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.69.11.1525     Document Type: Article

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