Human labor is associated with reduced decidual cell expression of progesterone, but not glucocorticoid, receptors

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2271-2275

  Lockwood, C J ^a   Stocco, C ^a   Murk, W ^a   Kayisli, U A ^a   Funai, E F ^a   Schatz, Frederick ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; STEROID; VIMENTIN; KERATIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABOR; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE SECTION; TROPHOBLAST; UTERUS CONTRACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; DELIVERY; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; DECIDUA; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TROPHOBLASTS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 77952782251     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2136     Document Type: Article

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