Retinoic acid pathway genes show significantly altered expression in uterine fibroids when compared with normal myometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 577-585

  Zaitseva, Marina ^a   Vollenhoven, Beverley J ^a,b   Rogers, Peter A W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Women and Children's Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALDH1; CRABP2; CRBP1; Fibroids; Pathway; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; CELLULAR RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 1; CYTOCHROME P450; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID X RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; TRETINOIN; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547813134     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam040     Document Type: Article

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