Endometrial hsd11b1 and cortisol regeneration in the ovine uterus: Effects of pregnancy, interferon tau, and prostaglandins

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Dorniak, Piotr ^a   Welsh, Thomas H ^b   Bazer, Fuller W ^b   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endometrium; Gene regulation; Mechanisms of hormone action; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MELOXICAM; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 2; RECOMBINANT TAU INTERFERON; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EWE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP;

OVIS;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSTAGLANDINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84864025946     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097063     Document Type: Article

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