Differential Regulation of Estrogen Receptor α and β mRNAs in the Rat Uterus during Pregnancy and Labor: Possible Involvement of Estrogen Receptors in Oxytocin Receptor Regulation

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 579-587

  Murata, Takuya ^a   Narita, Kazumi ^a   Honda, Kazumasa ^a   Matsukawa, Shigeru ^a   Higuchi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Estrogen receptor; Oxytocin receptor; Pregnancy; Rats

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LABOR; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 0344980592     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.50.579     Document Type: Article

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