Prostaglandins are essential for cervical ripening in LPS-Mediated preterm birth but not term or antiprogestin-driven preterm ripening

Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-298

  Timmons, Brenda C ^a   Reese, Jeff ^b   Socrate, Simona ^c   Ehinger, Noah ^b   Paria, Bibhash C ^b   Milne, Ginger L ^b   Akins, Meredith L ^a   Auchus, Richard J ^d   McIntire, Don ^a   House, Michael ^e   Mahendroo, Mala ^a  

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

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 [5 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 3 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 1H PYRAZOL 1 YL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; ANTIGESTAGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASE 2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENZYME METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE INDUCTION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 84891412594     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1304     Document Type: Article

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