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The Gαq/11-provoked induction of Akr1c18 in murine luteal cells is mediated by phospholipase C.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 15 Jul 2018
Kapfhamer Joshua, Waite Courtney, Ascoli Mario
Abstract excerpt
Towards the end of gestation prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α) stimulates the expression of Akr1c18 in the murine corpus luteum. Akr1c18 codes for 20α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, an enzyme that precipitates parturition by catabolizing progesterone. Previous results from our laboratory have shown that this effect of PGF2α is mediated by the activation of Gαq/11, but the downstream effector(s) of Gαq/11 that elicit the...
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