Interleukin-6 is an essential determinant of on-time parturition in the mouse

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3996-4006

  Robertson, Sarah A ^a   Christiaens, Inge ^b   Dorian, Camilla L ^a   Zaragoza, Dean B ^b   Care, Alison S ^a   Banks, Anke M ^b   Olson, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 77954903698     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0063     Document Type: Article

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