Estrogen Induces a Systemic Growth Factor Through an Estrogen Receptor-Alpha-Dependent Mechanism

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 178-183

  Bigsby, Robert M ^a   Caperell Grant, Andrea ^a   Berry, Nicholas ^b   Nephew, Kenneth ^b   Lubahn, Dennis ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol receptor; Growth factors; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL DIVISION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NUDE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0347355079     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.021337     Document Type: Article

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