Down-regulation of anandamide hydrolase in mouse uterus by sex hormones

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2991-2997

  Maccarrone, Mauro ^a   De Felici, Massimo ^a   Bari, Monica ^a   Klinger, Francesca ^a   Siracusa, Gregorio ^a   Finazzi Agrò, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anandamide hydrolase; Apoptosis; Development; Endocannabinoids; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; ESTROGEN; HYDROLASE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLASTOCYST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EPITHELIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERUS;

EID: 0008894432     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01316.x     Document Type: Article

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