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Gestational Age-Dependent Up-Regulation of Prostaglandin D Synthase (PGDS) and Production of PGDS-Derived Antiinflammatory Prostaglandins in Human Placenta

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2006

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Rachel J. A. Helliwell, Jeffrey A. Keelan, Keith W. Marvin, Linda F. Adams, Maxwell C. Chang, Ashmit Anand, Timothy A. Sato, Simon J. O’Carroll, Tinnakorn Chaiworapongsa, Roberto Romero,
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Abstract

These findings suggest that PGDS-derived prostanoids play important physiological roles in the placenta, such as immunoregulation and feto-placental communication, while potentially having a regulatory role in the processes of parturition.

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