Bovine endometrial epithelial cells as a model system to study oxytocin receptor regulation

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 605-614

  Horn, Susanne ^a   Bathgate, Ross ^a   Lioutas, Chrisostomos ^a   Bracken, Katherine ^a   Ivell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrial cell culture; Interferon ; Oxytocin receptor; Upregulation

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; ATOSIBAN; ESTRADIOL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TAU INTERFERON; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LUTEOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032420962     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.5.605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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