On the basis of a literature review, this work summarizes uterine animal and human
electromyographic information obtained at cellular, myometrial, and abdominal levels during …

Microarray technologies widen our comprehension of the major structural and metabolic
transformations which affect the myometrium from the very beginning of pregnancy until …

Preeclampsia (PE) is a common human-specific pregnancy disorder defined by hypertension
and proteinuria during gestation and responsible for maternal and fetal morbimortality. …

Background The electrical activity of the uterine muscle is representative of uterine contractility.
Its characterization may be used to detect a potential risk of preterm delivery in women, …

The mechanisms that lead to the onset of human parturition are still unknown, although
selected critical factors have been identified. To investigate the changes in myometrial gene …

This study documents the expression of prostacyclin (PGI2) synthase (PTGIS) and PGI2
receptors in the trophoblast and uterus of the ewe at the time of maternal recognition of …

The uterine electrical activity is an efficient parameter to study the uterine contractility. In order
to understand the ionic mechanisms responsible for its generation, we aimed at building a …

The activities of copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase (SOD1), manganese SOD (SOD2),
glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione reductase (GSSG-R) and glutathione S -transferase (…

The aim of this study was to explore the anti-inflammatory properties of phosphodiesterase-4
(PDE4) inhibitors in vivo and their potential ability to prevent inflammation-induced preterm …

Background Studies on the human myometrium have reported on different microarrays
containing different sets of genes or ESTs. However each study profiled only a small number of …