Prevention of preterm birth by progestational agents: What are the molecular mechanisms?

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223.e1-223.e7

  Nold, Christopher ^a   Maubert, Monique ^a   Anton, Lauren ^a   Yellon, Steven ^b   Elovitz, Michal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical remodeling; preterm birth; progesterone

Indexed keywords

CASTOR OIL; COLLAGEN; DEFENSIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; MICRORNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 84874776036     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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