Conceptus-Derived prostaglandins regulate endometrial function in sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-

  Dorniak, Piotr ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^b   Wu, Guoyao ^b   Spencer, Thomas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camel); Endometrium; Gene regulation; Llama; Mechanisms of hormone action; Prostaglandins; Ruminants (cows; sheep

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HEXB PROTEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN 12; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE 2; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SLC1A5 PROTEIN; SLC7A2 PROTEIN; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINO ACID; GALECTIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; PLACENTA PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; TROPHOBLAST PROTEIN 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; EWE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NIDATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

LAMA (MAMMAL); OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GALECTINS; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROSTAGLANDINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 84866985744     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.100487     Document Type: Article

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