TY - JOUR AU - Cluff, Ann Hjelm AU - Byström, Birgitta AU - Klimaviciute, Aurelija AU - Dahlqvist, Camilla AU - Cebers, Gvido AU - Malmström, Anders AU - Ekman-Ordeberg, Gunvor PY - 2006 DA - 2006/05/04 TI - Prolonged labour associated with lower expression of syndecan 3 and connexin 43 in human uterine tissue JO - Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology SP - 24 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Prolonged labour is associated with greater morbidity and mortality for mother and child. Connexin 43 is a major myometrial gap junction protein found in human myometrium. Syndecan 3 seems to prevail in the human uterus among heparan sulphate proteoglycans, showing the most significant increase during labour. The aims of the present study were to investigate syndecan 3 and connexin 43 mRNA expressions and protein distributions in human uterine tissue during normal and prolonged labour. SN - 1477-7827 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-4-24 DO - 10.1186/1477-7827-4-24 ID - Cluff2006 ER -