Open AccessCorticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH) Promotes Inflammation in Human Pregnant Myometrium: The Evidence of CRH Initiating Parturition?
Author(s) -
Xingji You,
Jie Liu,
Chen Xu,
Weina Liu,
Xiaoyan Zhu,
Yuan Li,
Qianqian Sun,
Hang Gu,
Xin Ni
Publication year - 2013
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.2013-3366
Subject(s) - myometrium , chemokine , inflammation , corticotropin releasing hormone , endocrinology , medicine , proinflammatory cytokine , cytokine , uterus , biology , chemistry , hormone
An increasing body of evidence indicates that human labor, either term or preterm, is an inflammatory event. CRH has been implicated to be a trigger of human parturition.
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