Progesterone withdrawal, and not increased circulating relaxin, mediates the decrease in myometrial relaxin receptor (RXFP1) expression in late gestation in rats

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 825-832

  Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a   Shynlova, Oksana ^b   Westcott, Kerryn ^a   Laker, Rhianna ^a   Simpson, Emma ^a   Wlodek, Mary E ^a   Parry, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Myometrium; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Relaxin; RU486; RXFP1

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MIFEPRISTONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN RXFP1; RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESR1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATION PERIOD; LABOR; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VEGF GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MIFEPRISTONE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77958588102     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.084301     Document Type: Article

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