Impaired estrogen priming of progesterone receptors in uterus of MRL/MP-lpr/lpr mice, a model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 537-545

  Dhaher, Yacoub Y ^a   Chan, Kay ^b   Greenstein, Ben D ^b   De Fougerolles Nunn, Elizabeth ^c   Khamashta, Munther A ^d   Hughes, Graham R V ^d  

^a Medicare ^*  (Israel)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Schiller International University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA ETHYL 21 HYDROXY 19 NORPREGN 4 ENE 3,20 DIONE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THYMUS; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED MRL LPR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

EID: 0034237120     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(00)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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