Follistatin-related gene (FLRG) expression in human endometrium: Sex steroid hormones regulate the expression of FLRG in cultured human endometrial stromal cells

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 4432-4439

  Wang, Hua Qin ^a   Takebayashi, Koichi ^a,d   Tsuchida, Kunihiro ^c   Nishimura, Masaki ^b   Noda, Yoichi ^a  

^a Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*  (Japan)

^b Molec Neuroscience Research Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN RELATED GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DECIDUA; DNA PRIMERS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN-RELATED PROTEINS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0141564539     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-021758     Document Type: Article

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