Thioredoxin expression in the human endometrium during the menstrual cycle

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 989-993

  Maruyama, Tetsuo ^a,b   Kitaoka, Yuki ^a,c   Sachi, Yoshifumi ^a   Nakanoin, Kunihiko ^d   Hirota, Kiichi ^a   Shiozawa, Tanri ^e   Yoshimura, Yasunori ^b   Fujii, Shingo ^e   Yodoi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOBE KAISEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Menstrual cycle; Predecidual cells; Thioredoxin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STROMA CELL;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS; THIOREDOXIN;

EID: 0031266384     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.11.989     Document Type: Article

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