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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Shirin Khanjani
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2160 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Khanjani Shirin S Kandola Mandeep K MK Lindstrom Tamsin M TM Sooranna Suren R SR Melchionda Manuela M Lee Yun S YS Terzidou Vasso V Johnson Mark R MR Bennett Phillip R PR
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine 20110401 4
The onset of human labour resembles inflammation with increased synthesis of prostaglandins and cytokines. There is evidence from rodent models for an important role for nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity in myometrium which both up-regulates contraction-associated proteins and antagonizes the relaxatory effects of progesterone. Here we show that in the human, although there are no differences in expression of NF-κB p65, or IκB-α between upper- or lower-segment myometrium or before or after labo ...[more]