title: [Prostaglandins and labor onset].
abstract: Prostaglandins and lipoxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid (Eicosanoids) are crucial paracrine regulators of labor. There are many informations about in vitro production and the physiological or pathophysiological role and clinical importance of these substances. However, the all decisive mechanism of the involvement of eicosanoids in birth process is still unknown. In this review we describe the present knowledge about endocrine, paracrine and autocrine regulations of uterine contractions.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Frauenklinik II Freiburg.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zahradnik
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wetzka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breckwoldt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000502:physiology; D015777:Eicosanoids / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset / Q000502:physiology*; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000502:physiology; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000502:physiology*; D014590:Uterine Contraction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015777:Eicosanoids; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011453:Prostaglandins; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
vernacular_title: Prostaglandine und Geburtsbeginn.