Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 557-565 , May 2007

Decidual Activation: Abundance and Localization of Prostaglandin F2α Receptor (FP) mRNA and Protein and Uterine Activation Proteins in Human Decidua at Preterm Birth and Term Birth

  • S. Makino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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  • D.B. Zaragoza

      Affiliations

    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2S2. Tel.: +1 780 492 0029; fax: +1 780 492 1308.
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  • B.F. Mitchell

      Affiliations

    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    • ,
  • H. Yonemoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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  • D.M. Olson

      Affiliations

    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
    • Perinatal Research Centre, Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

,Accepted 20 June 2006.

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☆ Grant Support: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Juntendo University School of Medicine.

PII: S0143-4004(06)00166-4

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2006.06.010

Placenta
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 557-565 , May 2007

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