The Role of Prostaglandins in the Mechanism of Lipopolysaccharide-Induced proMMP9 Secretion from Human Placenta and Fetal Membrane Cells
Open Access
- 1 April 2007
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 76 (4) , 654-659
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.106.057034
Abstract
The abnormal degradation of the extracellular matrix by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in the fetal membranes has been proposed as a central eventKeywords
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