Role of stromal and epithelial estrogen receptors in vaginal epithelial proliferation, stratification, and cornification

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4345-4352

  Buchanan, David L ^a   Kurita, Takeshi ^b   Taylor, Julia A ^c   Lubahn, Dennis B ^c   Cunha, Gerald R ^b   Cooke, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LABELING INDEX; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0031734451     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.10.6241     Document Type: Article

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