Wai CY, Boreham MK, Liehr P, Schaffer JI, Word RA., "Effect of periurethral nerve injury on relaxation of the female bladder and urethra smooth muscle: Role of nitric oxide." Am J Obstet Gynecol, 189:1637-45, 2003
Havelock JC, Keller P, Muleba N, Mayhew BA, Casey BM, Rainey WE, Word RA., "Human myometrial gene expression before and during parturition." Biol Reprod, 72(3):707-19, 2005
Ku J, Word RA, Sanborn BM., "Differential expression of protein kinase A, AKAP79, and PP2B in pregnant human myometrial membranes prior to and during labor." J Soc Gynecol Invest, 12(6):421-7, 2005
Li H, Nidderkorn JY, Neelam S, Mayhew E, Word RA, McCulley JP, Alizadeh H., "Immunosuppressive factors secreted by human amniotic epithelial cells." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 46:900-907, 2005
Word RA, Landrum CP, Timmons BC, Young SG, Mahendroo MS., "Transgene insertion on mouse chromosome 6 impairs function of the uterine cervix and causes failure of parturition." Biol Reprod Epub, 73:1046-1056, 2005
SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS
Boreham, M.K., Wai, C.Y., Miller, R.T., Schaffer, J.I., Word, R.A., "Morphometric analysis of smooth muscle in anterior vaginal wall of women with pelvic organ prolapse." Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 187:56-63, July 2002
Word, R.A., Tang, D.C., Kamm, K.E., "Activation properties of myosin light chain kinase during contraction/relaxation cycles of tonic and phasic smooth muscles." J. Biol. Chem., 269:21596-21602, 1994
Word, R.A., Kamm, K.E., Casey, M.L., Stull, J.T., "Contractile elements and myosin light chain phosphorylation in myometrial tissues from nonpregnant and pregnant women." J. Clin. Invest., 92:29-37, 1993
Schaffer, J.I., Word, R. A., "Hysterectomy - still a useful operation." N. Engl. J. Med., 347(17):1360-1362, October 2002
Cornwell, T.L., Li, J., Miller, R.T., Word, R.A., "Distribution and quantification of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase and contractile proteins in human uterine smooth muslce during pregnancy." J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 86(8):3981-3988, 2001
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