Combined estrogen and ghrelin administration decreases expression of p27kip1 and proportion of isomyosin type I in the striated urethral and anal sphincters and levator ani of old ovariectomized rats

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1363-1369

  Rizk, Diaa E E ^a,b   Hassan, Hazem A ^a   Al Marzouqi, Ahmed H ^a   Shafiullah, Mohammed ^a   Fahim, Mohamed A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ghrelin; Isomyosin; Menopause; p27kip1; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ISOENZYME;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANUS SPHINCTER; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 51949090845     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-008-0638-3     Document Type: Article

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