Endocrine Abstracts

Prostaglandins are strongly implicated in the onset and maintenance of human parturition and their synthesis is increased within the uterus in association with labour. Enzymes involved in their synthesis, (cyclo-oxygenase-2), and catabolism, (prostaglandin dehydrogenase) are up and down-regulated respectively, in association with labour. The human prostaglandin dehydrogenase (PGDH) gene is approximately 34kb in size. A large 5' promoter region containing numerous potential tra...