Dysregulation of hydrogen sulphide metabolism impairs oviductal transport of embryos

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ning, Nannan ^a   Zhu, Jianchun ^a   Du, Yahui ^a   Gao, Xiaolin ^b   Liu, Chuanyong ^a   Li, Jingxin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GYY 4137; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SODIUM HYDROSULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GASOTRANSMITTER;

EMBRYO; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PREGNANCY; RODENT; SIGNALING;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RETENTION; EMBRYOPATHY; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBE EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; OVIDUCTAL EMBRYO TRANSPORT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION; UTERINE TUBE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UTERINE TUBE PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; EPITHELIUM; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GASOTRANSMITTERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, TUBAL;

EID: 84902321996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5107     Document Type: Article

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