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SUBMITTER: Jeyasuria P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354714 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeyasuria Pancharatnam P Wetzel Jaime J Bradley Megan M Subedi Kalpana K Condon Jennifer C JC
Biology of reproduction 20090114 5
The appropriate timing of the onset of labor is critical to a successful pregnancy, with potentially devastating consequences resulting to both the mother and child with the onset of preterm labor. In this study, we tested the central hypothesis that progesterone maintains uterine quiescence through regulation of active uterine caspase 3. Using the mouse as our model system, we examined, by Western blot analysis, levels of active caspase 3 and its association with the degradation of uterine cont ...[more]