Michel A. Fortier

Prostaglandins are important regulators of female reproductive functions to which aldose reductases exhibiting hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity also contribute. Our work on the regulation of reproductive function by prostaglandins (PGs…

Myometrial cells were isolated from rabbit uterine horns previously stripped of endometrium and oriented to submit the inner circular (CIRC) or the outer longitudinal (LONG) layer to enzyme dispersal. Cells from both layers attached to the …

Adenylate cyclase activity was measured in broken cell preparations of whole endometrial tissue from rabbits on Days 0, 1, 6.5, 9 and 15 of pseudopregnancy and in endometrial epithelial and stromal cells on Days 1 and 6.5 to assess the spec…

The effect of pseudopregnancy (PSPG; days: 0 (estrus), 1, 6.5, 9 and 15) and pregnancy (PG; days: 6.5, 9 and 15) on adenylate cyclase (AC) activity was verified in rabbit myometrium. During PSPG, there was a time related decline in basal ac…