Expression of Ah receptor and dioxin-related genes in human uterine endometrium in women with or without endometriosis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 765-772

  Igarashi, Toshio ^a   Osuga, Yutaka ^a   Tsutsumi, Osamu ^a,b   Momoeda, Mikio ^a   Ando, Kayo ^a   Matsumi, Hirotaka ^a   Takai, Yasushi ^a   Okagaki, Ryugo ^a   Hiroi, Hisahiko ^a   Fujiwara, Toshihiro ^a   Yano, Tetsu ^a   Taketani, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; Arnt; CYP1B1; Human endometrium; p62(dok)

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033375008     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.46.765     Document Type: Article

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