TY  - EJOU
AU  - RUDOLPH, M. ISOLDE 
AU  - ROJAS, I. GINA 
AU  - PENISSI, ALICIA B. 

TI  - Review : Uterine mast cells: A new hypothesis to understand how we are born
T2  - BIOCELL

PY  - 2004
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SN  - 1667-5746

AB  - Birth is the result of complex, well-defined, and coordinated events, that are tightly regulated by endocrine, nervous, and immune responses, and take place primarily in the female reproductive tract. Various mechanisms and mediators involved in pregnancy, labor, and delivery, are highly conserved among different mammalian species and mast cells emerge as potential and crucial participants in these processes, as it is discussed in this review.
KW  - uterine mast cells
KW  -  labor
KW  -  myometrium contractions
KW  -  cervical ripening

DO  - 10.32604/biocell.2004.28.001