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bp0003rdr2 | Maternal-Embryo Interactions | REDR1994

Maternal recognition of pregnancy

Thatcher WW , Meyer MD , Danet-Desnoyers G

Enhanced secretion of PGF2α from endometrial explants in vitro in response to oxytocin is associated with augmented activities of phospholipase A2, phospholipase C and prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthase (PGS). In early pregnancy, maintenance of the corpus luteum is associated with an absence of pulsatile PGF2α secretion; an increase in endometrial inhibitors of phospholipase A2 and PGS contribute to the antilute...