MAPK and AP-1 proteins are increased in term pre-labour fetal membranes overlying the cervix: Regulation of enzymes involved in the degradation of fetal membranes

Placenta

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1016-1025

  Lappas, M ^a,b   Riley, C ^a,b   Lim, R ^a,b   Barker, G ^a,b,c   Rice, G E ^c   Menon, R ^d   Permezel, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 1 proteins; Fetal membranes; MAPK cascade; MMP 9

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; AP 1 PROTEIN; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; 4-(4-FLUOROPHENYL)-2-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-5-(4-PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ANTHRA(1,9 CD)PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; ANTHRA(1,9-CD)PYRAZOL-6(2H)-ONE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; BONNEY'S BLUE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

AMNION; AMNION CELL; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX; BIOSYNTHESIS; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY;

ANTHRACENES; BUTADIENES; CERVIX UTERI; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; EXTRAEMBRYONIC MEMBRANES; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITRILES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 84859450893     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: 15323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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