Human endometrium expresses urocortin II and III messenger RNA and peptides

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1766-1770

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Torres, Paulo B ^a   Torricelli, Michela ^a   Toti, Paolo ^a   Vale, Wylie ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33751192460     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.05.041     Document Type: Article

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