The hormonal induction of cervical remodeling in the common marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus)

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-525

  Simon, Christina ^a,b   Einspanier, Almuth ^a,b  

^a Institute of Physiological Chemistry   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GELATINASE A; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT RELAXIN; RELAXIN; VASCULOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; RELAXIN RECEPTORS; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MARMOSET; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; COLLAGEN; EOSINOPHILS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RELAXIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 66949149555     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0417     Document Type: Article

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