Progesterone and interferon-τ regulate cystatin C in the endometrium

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3478-3483

  Song, Gwonhwa ^a   Spencer, Thomas E ^a   Bazer, Fuller W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; CATHEPSIN; CYSTATIN C; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TAU INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZK 136 317;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CYSTATINS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERFERON TYPE I; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 33745139183     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2006-0122     Document Type: Article

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