Inhibition of proprotein convertase 5/6 activity: Potential for nonhormonal women-centered contraception

Contraception

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 602-610

  Aljofan, Mohamad ^a   Singh, Harmeet ^a   Ho, Huiting ^a,b   Xie, Shuwu ^c   Zhu, Yan ^c   Sun, Zhaogui ^c   Guo, Xiangjie ^c   Wang, Jian ^b   Nie, Guiying ^a  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Embryo implantation; Female contraception; Proprotein convertase 5 6; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; C 1239; MACROGOL; POLY R; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 6; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SPHEROID CELL; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREGNANCY; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 5; RABBITS; STROMAL CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 84860544213     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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