Ectopic pregnancy is associated with high anandamide levels and aberrant expression of FAAH and CB1 in fallopian tubes

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2827-2835

  Gebeh, Alpha K ^a,b   Willets, Jonathon M ^a   Marczylo, Emma L ^a   Taylor, Anthony H ^a   Konje, Justin C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; N OLEOYLETHANOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RNA, MESSENGER;

MUS;

EID: 84864804900     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-1780     Document Type: Article

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