Effects of prostaglandin E and F receptor agonists in vivo on luteal function in ewes

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 67-72

  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   Harbert, T ^a   Bowers, G ^a   Tsutahara, N ^a   Randel, R D ^c   Weems, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Ewe; LH receptors; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

17 PHENYL TRI NOR PROSTAGLANDIN E2; BETA ACTIN; BUTAPROST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN F RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SULPROSTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; EWE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEAL CELLS; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, LH; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 77952108205     PISSN: 10988823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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