Effects of estrogen on proton secretion via the apical membrane in vaginal-ectocervical epithelial cells of postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-684

  Gorodeski, George I ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical; Cervical; Epithelium; Luminal; pH; Proton; Vaginal

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BAFILOMYCIN A1; ESTROGEN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; PH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; PROTONS; VACUOLES; VAGINA;

EID: 27944449634     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gme.0000184423.88814.e6     Document Type: Article

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