Intraluteal prostaglandin biosynthesis and signaling are selectively directed towards PGF2alpha during luteolysis but towards PGE2 during the establishment of pregnancy in sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lee, JeHoon ^a   McCracken, John A ^b   Stanley, Jone A ^a   Nithy, Thamizh K ^a   Banu, Sakhila K ^a   Arosh, Joe A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Establishment of pregnancy; Estrous cycle; Intraluteal prostaglandins; Luteolysis; Prostaglandins; Ruminants; Uterus

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR 2; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR 4; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEAL PHASE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; DINOPROSTONE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; LUTEAL CELLS; LUTEOLYSIS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROSTAGLANDINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84869438609     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.100438     Document Type: Article

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