Surfactant Protein-A (SP-A) Selectively Inhibits Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) Production in Term Decidua: Implications for the Onset of Labor | Zendy

Victoria Snegovskikh | Zendy; Vineet Bhandari | Zendy; Jo Rae Wright | Zendy; Serkalem Tadesse | Zendy; Thomas Morgan | Zendy; Colin MacNeill | Zendy; Nastaran Foyouzi | Zendy; Joong Shin Park | Zendy; Yuguang Wang | Zendy; Errol R. Norwitz | Zendy

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Surfactant Protein-A (SP-A) Selectively Inhibits Prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) Production in Term Decidua: Implications for the Onset of Labor

Author(s) -

Victoria Snegovskikh,

Vineet Bhandari,

Jo Rae Wright,

Serkalem Tadesse,

Thomas Morgan,

Colin MacNeill,

Nastaran Foyouzi,

Joong Shin Park,

Yuguang Wang,

Errol R. Norwitz

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2010-1496

Subject(s) - decidua , endocrinology , medicine , decidual cells , stromal cell , myometrium , endometrium , biology , placenta , monocyte , prostaglandin , trophoblast , andrology , uterus , fetus , pregnancy , genetics

Labor is characterized by "decidual activation" with production of inflammatory mediators. Recent data suggest that surfactant protein-A (SP-A) may be critical to the onset of labor in mice. Whether this is also true in humans is unclear.

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