Temporal and tissue-specific expression of prostaglandin receptors EP2, EP3, EP4, FP, and cyclooxygenases 1 and 2 in uterus and fetal membranes during bovine …

JA Arosh, SK Banu, P Chapdelaine, MA Fortier - Endocrinology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Uteroplacental prostaglandins (PGs) play pivotal roles in maintenance and/or termination of
pregnancy in mammals. Regulation of PG biosynthetic and signaling mechanisms in …

Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Bovine Prostaglandin E2 Receptors EP2 and EP4: Expression and Regulation in Endometrium and Myometrium during …

JA Arosh, SK Banu, P Chapdelaine, V Emond… - …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Prostaglandins (PGs) play important functions in the reproductive system, and PGE2
appears necessary for recognition of pregnancy. We have found that PGE2 is able to …

Autocrine and Paracrine Mechanisms of Prostaglandin E2 Action on Trophoblast/Conceptus Cells through the Prostaglandin E2 Receptor (PTGER2) during …

A Waclawik, P Kaczynski, HN Jabbour - Endocrinology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The conceptus and endometrium secrete large amounts of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) into the
porcine uterine lumen during the periimplantation period. We hypothesized that PGE2 acts …

Localization and expression of prostaglandin E2 receptors in human placenta and corresponding fetal membranes with labor

PL Grigsby, SR Sooranna, DE Brockman… - American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) are mediated through G-protein
coupled receptors, acting via different second messengers. The aim of this study was to …

Expression of prostanoid receptors in human lower segment pregnant myometrium

A Leonhardt, A Glaser, M Wegmann… - … and essential fatty acids, 2003 - Elsevier
Prostanoids, especially prostaglandin (PG) E2, are important mediators of uterine relaxation
and contractions during gestation and parturition. Inhibitors of PG formation as well as PG …

Interplacental uterine expression of genes involved in prostaglandin synthesis during canine pregnancy and at induced prepartum luteolysis/abortion

MP Kowalewski, E Kautz, E Högger… - Reproductive Biology …, 2014 - Springer
Background In the non-pregnant dog, ovarian cyclicity is independent of a uterine luteolysin.
This is in contrast to pregnant animals where a prepartum increase of luteolytic PGF2α …

Expression and regulation of prostaglandin receptors in the human placenta and fetal membranes at term and preterm

E Unlugedik, N Alfaidy, A Holloway, S Lye… - Reproduction …, 2010 - CSIRO Publishing
Prostaglandins (PGs) play an important role in parturition in many species, including
humans. The present study examined the distribution of PG receptor subtypes (EP1–4 and …

Fetal-to-Maternal Progression of Prostaglandin H2 Synthase-2 Expression in Ovine Intrauterine Tissues During the Course of Labor

S Gyomorey, SJ Lye, W Gibb… - Biology of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
We examined whether spontaneous parturition in sheep was associated with tissue-specific
changes in prostaglandin H2 synthase-2 (PGHS-2) expression and/or with altered …

Early pregnancy induced expression of prostaglandin E2 receptors EP2 and EP4 in the ovine endometrium and regulated by interferon tau through multiple cell …

JH Lee, SK Banu, TK Nithy, JA Stanley… - Molecular and cellular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays pleiotropic roles at fetal–maternal interface during
establishment of pregnancy. The objectives of the study were to:(i) determine regulation of …

Canine placenta: a source of prepartal prostaglandins during normal and antiprogestin-induced parturition

MP Kowalewski, HB Beceriklisoy, C Pfarrer… - …, 2010 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2, now known as PTGS2), prostaglandin E2 synthase
(PTGES, PGES), and prostaglandin F2α synthase (PGFS), of the respective receptors …