Time-dependent disruption of oviduct pacemaker cells by Chlamydia infection in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 244-253

  Dixon, Rose Ellen ^a   Ramsey, Kyle H ^b   Schripsema, Justin H ^b   Sanders, Kenton M ^a   Ward, Sean M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Fallopian tubes; Female reproductive tract; Interstitial cells of cajal; NOS2; Oviduct; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR, ENDOGENOUS; PTGS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TIME; UTERINE TUBE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955343551     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.083808     Document Type: Article

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