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Central role for protein kinase C in oxytocin and epidermal growth factor stimulated cyclooxygenase 2 expression in human myometrial cells

BACKGROUND: Prostaglandins are important mediators of uterine contractility and cervical ripening during labour. Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), also known as prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2, is a rate limiting enzyme involved in the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins at parturition....

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Autores principales: Wouters, Elien, Hudson, Claire A, McArdle, Craig A, López Bernal, Andrés
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24916153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-357