Silencing of the JNK pathway maintains progesterone receptor activity in decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells exposed to oxidative stress signals

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1541-1551

  Leitao, Beatriz ^a   Jones, Marius C ^a   Fusi, Luca ^a   Higham, Jenny ^a   Lee, Yun ^a   Takano, Masashi ^a   Goto, Tomoko ^a   Christian, Mark ^a   Lam, Eric W F ^a   Brosens, Jan J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MKP1; Pregnancy; Reactive oxygen species; Sumoylation

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SUMO 1 PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUMO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUA; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 1; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; SUMO-1 PROTEIN;

EID: 77952309664     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-149153     Document Type: Article

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