Expression of nerve growth factor and its receptors NTRK1 and TNFRSF1B is regulated by estrogen and progesterone in the uteri of golden hamsters

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 850-856

  Shi, Zhanquan ^a,b   Arai, Koji Y ^b   Jin, Wanzhu ^a,b   Weng, Qiang ^c   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Suzuki, Akira K ^d   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Female reproductive tract; Golden hamster; Growth factors; Nerve growth factor; NTRK1; Receptor; Steroid hormones; TNFRSF1B; Uteri; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR NTRK1; PROGESTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR SUPERFAMILY 1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UTERUS; UTERUS GROWTH; UTERUS HORN; UTERUS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOCRICETUS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, TYPE II; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 33645973708     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.044917     Document Type: Article

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