A computer simulation of progesterone and Cox2 inhibitor treatment for preterm labor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Equils, Ozlem ^a,b   Nambiar, Priya ^c   Hobel, Calvin J ^a   Smith, Roger ^d   Simmons, Charles F ^a,b   Vali, Shireen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c CELLWORKS GROUP INC   (United States)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; I KAPPA B KINASE BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; NF-KAPPA B; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77952488663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008502     Document Type: Article

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