A new role for activin in endometrial repair after menses

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1904-1911

  Kaitu'u Lino, Tu'uhevaha J ^a   Phillips, David J ^a   Morison, Naomi B ^a   Salamonsen, Lois A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS WEIGHT; WILD TYPE; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 63849148506     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0738     Document Type: Article

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