Melatonin sensitizes human myometrial cells to oxytocin in a protein kinase Cα/extracellular-signal regulated kinase-dependent manner

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2902-2908

  Sharkey, James T ^a   Cable, Casey ^a,b   Olcese, James ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALDESMON; DIACYLGLYCEROL; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MELATONIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; RHO KINASE; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MELATONIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOMETRIUM; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN KINASE; MYOSINS; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954530574     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2137     Document Type: Article

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