The expression of estrogen, prolactin, and progesterone receptors in mammary gland and liver of female rats during pregnancy and early postpartum: Regulation by thyroid hormones

Endocrine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-370

  Varas, Silvia M ^a   Jahn, Graciela A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

L thyroxine; Lactation; Liver; Mammary gland; Pregnancy; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LACTATION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LACTATION; LIVER; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, STEROID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 32144441648     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: 15324206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07435800500454528     Document Type: Article

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