Effects of a 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase inhibitor on monocyte- macrophage infiltration into rats corpus luteum and on apoptosis: Relationship to the luteolytic action of prolactin

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-99

  Port, C B ^a   Bowen, J M ^a   Keyes, P Landis ^a,b   Townson, D H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20ALPHA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SERIC GONADOTROPIN; TRILOSTANE; ANDROSTANOLONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LUTEOLYSIS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; FALLOPIA; OVIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; PROGESTINS; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033625673     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/reprod/119.1.93     Document Type: Article

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