Differential appearance of placentomes and expression of prostaglandin H synthase type 2 in placentome subtypes after betamethasone treatment of sheep late in gestation

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 295-303

  Braun, T ^a,d   Li, S ^b   Moss, T J M ^b,c,f   Connor, K L ^a,e   Doherty, D A ^b   Nitsos, I ^b   Newnham, J P ^b,c   Challis, J R G ^a,b,g   Sloboda, D M ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g Canadian Institutes of Health Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Glucocorticoids; PGHS 2; Placenta; Placentomes; Prostaglandin H synthase

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; PROSTAGLANDIN H SYNTHASE TYPE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 79952734629     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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