Connexin expression pattern in the endometrium of baboons is influenced by hormonal changes and the presence of endometriotic lesions

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 645-652

  Winterhager, Elke ^a   Grummer R ^a   Mavrogianis, P A ^b   Jones, C J P ^c   Hastings, J M ^b,d   Fazleabas, A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboon; Chorionic gonadotrophin; Connexin26; Connexin43; Endometriosis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONNEXIN 26; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PAPIO;

EID: 70349420971     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gap060     Document Type: Article

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