Possible functions of adrenomedullin from the seminal fluid in the female reproductive tract of the rat

Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 306-312

  Liao, Su Bin ^a   Kong, Lowell H M ^a   Tang, Fai ^a   Wai Sum, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

adrenomedullin; anti inflammation; anti oxidative stress; infiltration

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ADRENOMEDULLIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEMINAL VESICLE; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ADRENOMEDULLIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEMEN;

EID: 84869470298     PISSN: 19396368     EISSN: 19396368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19396368.2012.695855     Document Type: Article

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