Expression of telomerase activity in human endometrium is localized to epithelial glandular cells and regulated in a menstrual phase-dependent manner correlated with cell proliferation

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1985-1991

  Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Kyo, Satoru ^a   Takakura, Masahiro ^a   Kanaya, Taro ^a   Sagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Yamashita, Kaname ^a   Okada, Yasunori ^b   Hiyama, Eiso ^c   Inoue, Masaki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031794989     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65712-4     Document Type: Article

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