Different regulatory pathways of endometrial connexin expression: Preimplantation hormonal-mediated pathway versus embryo implantation-initiated pathway

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 273-281

  Grümmer, Ruth ^a   Hewitt, S W ^b   Traub, O ^c   Korach, K S ^b   Winterhager, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Estradiol receptor; Female reproductive tract; Gene regulation; Implantation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 43; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 17044452258     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.024067     Document Type: Article

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