Nerve growth factor (NGF) and NGF mRNA change in rat uterus during pregnancy

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Tarih

2000

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Elsevier Sci Ireland Ltd

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

During pregnancy, the uterus undergoes a profound sympathetic denervation. To explore whether this is associated with changes in neurotrophic factors, we assayed nerve growth factor (NGF) and NGF mRNA in the uterus of non-pregnant and pregnant rats. In the uterine horn, the concentration of NGF and its mRNA decreased during middle and late pregnancy. However, when values were corrected for the increase of uterine weight and total RNA yield during pregnancy, NGF content and mRNA per horn increased during middle and late pregnancy. Similar, but less pronounced, changes were observed in the cervix. By seven days postpartum, both parameters returned to near normal. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Anahtar Kelimeler

Nerve Growth Factor, Nerve Growth Factor Mrna, Uterus, Pregnancy, Sympathetic Neurons, Denervation, Vascular Smooth-Muscle, Urinary-Bladder, Messenger-Rna, Receptors, Estrogen, Cells, Degeneration

Kaynak

Neuroscience Letters

WoS Q Değeri

Q2

Scopus Q Değeri

Q2

Cilt

294

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1

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