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SUBMITTER: Dhital B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4944529 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhital Basant B Gul-E-Noor Farhana F Downing Keith T KT Hirsch Shari S Boutis Gregory S GS
Biophysical journal 20160701 1
The tissues and organs of the female reproductive tract and pelvic floor undergo significant remodeling and alterations to allow for fetal growth and birth. In this work, we report on a study of the alterations of murine reproductive tract collagen resulting from pregnancy and parturition by spectrophotometry, histology, and (13)C, (2)H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Four different cohorts of rats were investigated that included virgin, multiparous, two- and fourteen-day postpartum primiparou ...[more]