Pregnancy: Differential regulation of nitric oxide in the rat uterus and cervix during pregnancy and labour

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Chondrocyte apoptosis induced by nitric oxide.

1995 • 627 citations

Identification of increased nitric oxide biosynthesis during pregnancy in rats

1993 • 394 citations

Patterns of matrix metalloproteinase expression in cycling endometrium imply differential functions and regulation by steroid hormones.

1994 • 391 citations

Nitric-Oxide Mediates Suppression of Cartilage Proteoglycan Synthesis by Interleukin-1

1994 • 374 citations

Morphologic and histochemical evidence for the occurrence of collagenolysis and for the role of neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes during cervical dilation

1980 • 372 citations

Endogenous nitric oxide enhances prostaglandin production in a model of renal inflammation.

1994 • 314 citations

Arrest of preterm labour and prolongation of gestation with glyceryl trinitrate, a nitric oxide donor

1994 • 216 citations

An L-arginine–nitric oxide–cyclic guanosine monophosphate system exists in the uterus and inhibits contractility during pregnancy

1994 • 190 citations

Human colorectal adenocarcinoma cells: differential nitric oxide synthesis determines their ability to aggregate platelets.

1991 • 182 citations

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1991 • 179 citations

Changes in the physical properties of the uterine cervix of the rat during pregnancy

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1993 • 167 citations

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1994 • 156 citations

Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity in the Pregnant Uterus Decreases at Parturition

1993 • 151 citations

Gestational changes in l-arginine-induced relaxation of pregnant rat and human myometrial smooth muscle

1993 • 150 citations

Vesicle membrane association of nitric oxide synthase in primary mouse macrophages.

1995 • 140 citations

Cyclic strain increases endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity.

1994 • 108 citations

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1995 • 104 citations

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The Cervix in pregnancy and labour : clinical and biochemical investigations

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Glucocorticoids do not affect the induction of a novel calcium-dependent nitric oxide synthase in rabbit chondrocytes

1992 • 80 citations

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1989 • 80 citations

On the substrate specificity of nitric oxide synthase

1991 • 75 citations

Mechanical Responses of the Rat Uterus, Cervix, and Bladder to Stimulation of Hypogastric and Pelvic Nerves in Vivo1

1989 • 63 citations

Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase-positive nerves in the uterine cervix and neurons in dorsal root and paracervical ganglia of the female rat

1992 • 60 citations

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1994 • 58 citations

Comparison of different forms of cadmium as reducing agents for the batch determination of nitrate

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Apoptosis in the Cervix of Pregnant Rats in Association with Cervical Softening

1994 • 52 citations

Shear stress may stimulate release and action of nitric oxide in the human fetal-placental vasculature

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Synthesis of prostaglandins by the human uterine cervix in vitro during passive mechanical stretch

1982 • 22 citations

Effects of prostaglandins F-2 and E-2 on cervical extensibility in the late pregnant rat

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Are prostaglandins mediators of mifepristone (RU 486)-induced cervical softening in early pregnancy?

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