MicroRNA expression profiling of the human uterine cervix after term labor and delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80.e1-80.e8

  Hassan, Sonia S ^b   Romero, Roberto ^a,c   Pineles, Beth ^c   Tarca, Adi L ^c,d   Montenegro, Daniel ^c   Erez, Offer ^b   Mittal, Pooja ^b   Kusanovic, Juan Pedro ^b   Mazaki Tovi, Shali ^b   Espinoza, Jimmy ^b   Nhan Chang, Chia Ling ^b   Draghici, Sorin ^d   Kim, Chong Jai ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b HUTZEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical dilation; cervical remodeling; cervix; labor; microarray; microRNA; parturition

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 223; MICRORNA 34B; MICRORNA 34C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE MICROARRAY; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 72449173767     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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