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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Jun 15;54(2):352–358. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.130781

Figure 2. Effect of steroid hormones on PDBu-induced contractions.

Figure 2

Panel A: Nonpregnant uterine arteries were treated with 17β-estradiol (E2β) plus progesterone (P4) or vehicle control for 48 h. Panel B: Pregnant uterine arteries were treated with ICI 182,780 or/and RU 486 or vehicle control for 48 h in the presence of E2β (0.3 nM) plus P4 (100 nM). Data are means ± SEM of 4-11 animals. pD2 and Emax values are presented in Results.