Endometrial expression and secretion of interleukin-6 throughout the menstrual cycle

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-129

  Von Wolff, M ^a   Thaler, C J ^a   Zepf, C ^a   Becker, V ^a   Beier, H M ^a   Strowitzki, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Interleukin 6; Menstrual Cycle; Uterine Secretions

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 130; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

EID: 0036247908     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/gye.16.2.121.129     Document Type: Article

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