Epithelial-stromal interaction and progesterone receptors in the mouse uterus

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Rubel, Cory A ^a   Jeong, Jae Wook ^a   Tsai, Sophia Y ^a   Lydon, John P ^a   DeMayo, Francesco J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Progesterone receptor; Progesterone resistance; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN SH3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL INTERACTION; DNA BINDING; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE RESISTANCE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; UTERUS; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 76249101150     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242990     Document Type: Review

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