Intrauterine position affects estrogen receptor α expression in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus via promoter DNA methylation

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5775-5781

  Mori, Hiroko ^a   Matsuda, Ken Ichi ^a   Tsukahara, Shinji ^b   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CYTOSINE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FETUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; SULFITES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 78649812372     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0646     Document Type: Article

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