Identification of a sensitive period for developmental programming that increases risk for uterine leiomyoma in Eker rats

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-136

  DeAnn Cook, Jennifer ^a,b,d   Davis, Barbara J ^c   Goewey, Julia Alicia ^a   Berry, Tia D ^a   Walker, Cheryl Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental programming; Eker rat; Tuberous sclerosis complex 2; Tumor suppressor gene; Uterine leiomyoma; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; TUBERIN; CALBINDIN; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERUS MYOMA; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT STRAIN; TIME; UTERUS; UTERUS CANCER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MYOMETRIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 34648843470     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719106298401     Document Type: Article

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