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Regulation of c-fos expression by static stretch in rat myometrial smooth muscle cells.
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology - 1 Jun 2002
Shynlova Oksana P, Oldenhof Alexandra D, Liu Mingyao, Langille Lowell, Lye Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether mechanical stretch stimulates expression of the immediate early gene c-fos messenger RNA in rat myometrial smooth muscle cells. STUDY DESIGN: Freshly isolated myometrial smooth muscle cells (from virgin rats) were plated on flexible culture plates that were coated with either collagen I, laminin, elastin, or pronectin and were subjected to a static stretch with a computerized...
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