Detection of Relaxin mRNA in the Corpus Luteum, Uterus, and Uterine Cervix in the Bitch

Hiromichi TAMADA; Noritoshi KAWATE; Naoko KAWATA; Toshio INABA; Kayoko KIDA; Shingo HATOYA; Atsushi AKUNE; Kazuhiro NAKAMA; Tetsuya KOHSAKA; Tsutomu SAWADA

doi:10.1292/jvms.09-0485

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Detection of Relaxin mRNA in the Corpus Luteum, Uterus, and Uterine Cervix in the Bitch

Hiromichi TAMADA, Noritoshi KAWATE, Naoko KAWATA, Toshio INABA, Kayoko KIDA, Shingo HATOYA, Atsushi AKUNE, Kazuhiro NAKAMA, Tetsuya KOHSAKA, Tsutomu SAWADA

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Hiromichi TAMADA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Noritoshi KAWATE
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Naoko KAWATA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Toshio INABA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Kayoko KIDA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Shingo HATOYA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Atsushi AKUNE
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Kazuhiro NAKAMA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
Tetsuya KOHSAKA
Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
Tsutomu SAWADA
Department of Advanced Pathobiology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University

Keywords: canine, corpus luteum, relaxin, uterine cervix, uterus

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2010 Volume 72 Issue 10 Pages 1383-1386

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.09-0485

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Abstract

In the pregnant bitch, the placenta is a major source of circulating relaxin, but its local expression in the reproductive organs is not clear. This study demonstrated expression of relaxin mRNA in the corpus luteum, uterus, uterine cervix as well as placenta in the pregnant and nonpregnant bitch by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

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