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Differential regulation of prostaglandin production mediated by corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor type 1 and type 2 in cultured human placental trophoblasts.
Endocrinology - 1 Jun 2008
Gao Lu, Lu Chunmei, Xu Chen, Tao Yi, Cong Binhai, Ni Xin
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Prostaglandin (PG) production by intrauterine tissues plays a key part in the control of pregnancy and parturition. The present study was to investigate the role of placenta-derived CRH and CRH-related peptides in the regulation of PG synthesis and metabolism. We found that placental trophoblasts expressed both CRH-R1 and CRH-R2. Treatment of cultured placental cells with either a CRH or urocortin I (UCNI)...
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