The role of transforming growth factor β in cervical remodeling within the rat cervix

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322.e1-322.e6

  Dailey, Tanya ^a   Ji, Huiling ^a   Long, Vit ^a   Chien, Edward K ^a  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical remodeling; cervix; extracellular matrix; transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 69549095821     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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