The molecular mechanisms of cervical ripening differ between term and preterm birth

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1036-1046

  Holt, Roxane ^a   Timmons, Brenda C ^a   Akgul, Yucel ^a   Akins, Meredith L ^a   Mahendroo, Mala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN CYCLOOXYGENASE ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL POPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERM BIRTH; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ANIMALS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MIFEPRISTONE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79951874692     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-1105     Document Type: Article

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