MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GAP-JUNCTIONS IN NONPREGNANT AND TERM PREGNANT HUMAN MYOMETRIUM

CIRAY H., GUNER H., HAKANSSON H., TEKELIOGLU M., ROOMANS G., ULMSTEN U.

ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, cilt.74, sa.7, ss.497-504, 1995 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 74 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 1995
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/00016349509024378
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.497-504
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: GAP JUNCTIONS, HUMAN MYOMETRIUM, PREGNANCY, ULTRASTRUCTURE, OXYTOCIN RECEPTORS, SMOOTH-MUSCLE, HUMAN-UTERUS, LABOR, CONNEXIN-43, MODULATION, RAT, PARTURITION, CONTRACTION, EXPRESSION
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background and methods. Some structures in the human myometrium, namely; caveolae, extracellular space and gap junctions were quantified in tissues from nonpregnant women, women who were not in labor, and women in spontaneous labor or oxytocin-induced labor, in order to reveal morphologic differences that would contribute to explaining the events leading to labor. Transmission electron micrographs taken from tissues from twenty-four pregnant and ten nonpregnant women were studied.