Hormone receptor dynamics in a receptive human endometrium

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-199

  Critchley, Hilary O D ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endometrium; Intracrine regulation; Receptivity; Steroid receptors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBFERTILITY;

ANIMALS; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIGANDS; MICE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 59849087158     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719108331121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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