Interleukin 1β and progesterone stimulate activin A expression and secretion from cultured human endometrial stromal cells

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Florio, Pasquale ^a   Rossi, Marco ^a   Viganò, Paola ^b   Luisi, Stefano ^a   Torricelli, Michela ^a   Torres, Paulo B ^a   Di Blasio, Anna Maria ^b   Petraglia, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activin A; Cytokines; Embryo; Follistatin; Implantation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; ACTIVIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL; TROPHOBLAST; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SECRETION;

ACTIVINS; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; OVARY; PROGESTERONE; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 34648823317     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719106298191     Document Type: Article

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