Endometrial function in vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops): Morphology, β3 integrin and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 expression during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy in the normal and disrupted endometrium

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 330-339

  Seier, J V ^a   Chwalisz, K ^b   Louw, J ^e   van der Horst, G ^c   de Kock, M ^c   du Toit, D ^d   Laubscher, J A ^e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Ienapharm and Co KG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e NONE

Author keywords

African green monkey; Endometrial histology; Endometrial proteins; Progesterone receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; BETA3 INTEGRIN; LILOPRISTONE; MIFEPRISTONE; ONAPRISTONE; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GONANES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 1; INTEGRIN BETA3; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS;

EID: 0036907945     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0684.2002.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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