Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), but not prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), alters luteal and endometrial luteinizing hormone (LH) occupied and unoccupied LH receptors and mRNA for LH receptors in ovine luteal tissue to prevent luteolysis

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 42-50

  Weems, Y S ^a   Nett, T M ^b   Rispoli, L A ^b   Davis, T L ^b   Johnson, D L ^a   Uchima, T ^a   Raney, A ^a   Lennon, E ^a   Pang, J ^a   Harbert, T ^a   Bowers, G ^a   Goto, K ^a   Ong, A ^a   Tsutahara, N ^a   Randel, R D ^c   Weems, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Endometrium; LH receptors; mRNA LH receptors; PGE1; PGE2; Progesterone; Sheep

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E1; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; JUGULAR VEIN; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; VENOUS BLOOD; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME;

ALPROSTADIL; ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROSTONE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74849119077     PISSN: 10988823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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