Two pathways of progesterone action in the human endometrium: Implications for implantation and contraception

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 10-13, 2003, Pages 809-815

  Lessey, Bruce A ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Endometrium; Integrin; Osteopontin; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA1 INTEGRIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CADHERIN 11; CALCITONIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN; L SELECTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MUCIN 1; OSTEOPONTIN; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SOMATOMEDIN B; TROPHININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS LUTEUM; DECIDUALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; TARGET ORGAN; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0347627645     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2003.09.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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