Melatonin prevents experimental preterm labor and increases offspring survival

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Domínguez Rubio, Ana P ^a   Sordelli, Micaela S ^a   Salazar, Ana I ^a   Aisemberg, Julieta ^a   Bariani, María V ^a   Cella, Maximiliano ^a   Rosenstein, Ruth E ^b   Franchi, Ana M ^a  

^a Centre de Estudios Farmacologicos y Botanicos   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

bacterial lipopolysaccharide; nitric oxide; preterm labor; prostaglandins; TNF

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTECTIVE AGENT; PTGS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; INFLAMMATION; LITTER SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDINS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84893814836     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: 1600079X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12108     Document Type: Article

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