The transcription of corticotropin-releasing hormone in human endometrial cells is regulated by cytokines

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 451-459

  Makrigiannakis, A ^a   Margioris, A N ^a   Zoumakis, E ^a   Stournaras, C ^a   Gravanis, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical neuroendocrinology; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cytokines; Endometrium; Human; Molecular neuroendocrinology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; LUCIFERASE; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0033406397     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054507     Document Type: Article

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