Expression of cyclo-oxygenase types-1 and -2 in human fetal membranes throughout pregnancy
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Expression of cyclo-oxygenase types-1 and -2 in human fetal membranes throughout pregnancy.
Human labour is associated with increased prostaglandin synthesis within the fetal membranes. We have studied the expression of the two isoforms of the central prostaglandin synthetic enzyme, cyclo-oxygenase (COX-1 and COX-2), in human fetal membranes throughout pregnancy, at mRNA, protein and activity levels. COX-1 mRNA expression was low in human amnion and chorion-decidua and did not change ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0952-5041,1479-6813
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0220125