The progressive rise in the expression of α crystallin B chain in human endometrium is initiated during the implantation window: Modulation of gene expression by steroid hormones

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-342

  Gruidl, M ^a   Buyuksal, A ^a   Babaknia, A ^b   Fazleabas, A T ^c   Sivarajah, S ^d   Satyaswaroop, P G ^d   Tabibzadeh, S ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Women's Hlth Inst of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallin ; Endometrium ; Implantation ; Oestrogen ; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRYSTALLIN; ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NIDATION; NUDE MOUSE; PAPIO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPIO; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031111574     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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