Genes for prostaglandin synthesis, transport and inactivation are differentially expressed in human uterine tissues, and the prostaglandin F synthase AKR1B1 is induced in myometrial cells by inflammatory cytokines

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Phillips, R J ^a   Al Zamil, H ^a   Hunt, L P ^b   Fortier, M A ^c   Lopez Bernal A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UBHT Education Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gene expression; Pregnancy; Prostaglandins; Uterus

Indexed keywords

AKRIBI ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR INDUCTION; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UTERUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASES; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOMETRIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UMBILICAL CORD; UTERUS;

EID: 78650367000     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gaq057     Document Type: Article

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