Estrogen modulation of epithelial permeability in cervical-vaginal cells of premenopausal and postmenopausal women

Menopause

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1012-1019

  Gorodeski, George I ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Intercellular space; Resistance; Tight junction; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; G ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN IIB; OCCLUDIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VAGINA EPITHELIUM;

ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; VAGINA;

EID: 36049020927     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3180587eb5     Document Type: Article

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