Progesterone on an oestrogen background enhances prolactin-induced apoptosis in regressing corpora lutea in the cyclic rat: Possible involvement of luteal endothelial cell progesterone receptors

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 715-724

  Gaytan F ^a   Morales, C ^b   Bellido, C ^b   Aguilar, R ^b   Millan Y ^b   De Las Mulas, J Martín ^b   Sanchez Criado J E ^b  

^a Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

11 [4 [[5 [(4,4,5,5,5 PENTAFLUOROPENTYL)SULFONYL]PENTYL]OXY]PHENYL]ESTRADIOL; 6 HYDROXY 2 (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 3 [4 [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)ETHOXY]BENZOYL]BENZO[B]THIOPHENE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIESTRUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LUTEAL CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT;

EID: 0034044733     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1650715     Document Type: Article

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