Relaxin regulates hyaluronan synthesis and aquaporins in the cervix of late pregnant mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6054-6064

  Soh, Yu May ^a   Tiwari, Anjana ^b   Mahendroo, Mala ^b   Conrad, Kirk P ^c   Parry, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 5; COLLAGEN FIBER; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 1; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE 2; HYALURONIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN; RELAXIN FAMILY PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROMA CELL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; CERVICAL RIPENING; CERVIX UTERI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RELAXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870159254     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1577     Document Type: Article

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