Commentary Open Access
Uncovering the existence of compartmentalized cAMP signals in the human myometrium
Alice Varley1, Andreas Koschinski2, Mark R Johnson1, Manuela Zaccolo2,3,*
- 1Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
- 2Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, UK
- 3Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK
Corresponding Author
Manuela Zaccolo, manuela.zaccolo@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Received Date: February 27, 2026
Accepted Date: June 05, 2026
Varley A, Koschinski A, Johnson MR, Zaccolo M. Uncovering the existence of compartmentalized cAMP signals in the human myometrium. Cell Signal. 2026;4(1):98-104.
Copyright: © 2026 Varley A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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