Expression of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes in extrauterine tissues during early pregnancy in sheep is the consequence of endocrine IFN-τ release from the uterine vein

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1252-1259

  Oliveira, João F ^a,b   Henkes, Luiz E ^a   Ashley, Ryan L ^a   Purcell, Scott H ^a   Smirnova, Natalia P ^a   Veeramachaneni, D N Rao ^a   Anthony, Russell V ^a   Hansen, Thomas R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUGULAR VEIN; LUTEAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SHEEP; UTERINE ARTERY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CORPUS LUTEUM; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; INTERFERON TYPE I; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; UTERUS;

EID: 40849102691     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0863     Document Type: Article

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