Inhibin/activin subunits alpha, beta-A and beta-B are differentially expressed in normal human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 461-471

  Mylonas, Ioannis ^a   Jeschke, Udo ^a   Wiest, Irmgard ^a   Hoeing, Anna ^a   Vogl, Julia ^a   Shabani, Naim ^a   Kuhn, Christina ^a   Schulze, Sandra ^a   Kupka, Markus S ^a   Friese, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Inhibin alpha; Inhibin beta A; Inhibin beta B; Inhibin activin subunits; Normal

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B; MYELOPID;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANTATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STROMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 20144378734     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0709-6     Document Type: Article

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