Preterm and term cervical ripening in CD1 mice (Mus musculus): Similar or divergent molecular mechanisms?

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1226-1232

  Gonzalez, Juan M ^a   Xu, Hua ^a   Chai, Jinghua ^a   Ofori, Ella ^a   Elovitz, Michal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical remodeling; Cervical ripeing; Cervix; Parturition; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DESMOGLEIN 1; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS HORN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PREMATURITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; UTERINE CERVIX;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; CYTOKINES; DATABASES, GENETIC; DESMOGLEIN 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MICE; MIFEPRISTONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE-2;

EID: 73949153524     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.075309     Document Type: Article

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