Membrane progesterone receptor expression in mammalian tissues: A review of regulation and physiological implications

Steroids

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Dressing, Gwen E ^a,b   Goldberg, Jodi E ^a,c   Charles, Nathan J ^a,b   Schwertfeger, Kathryn L ^a   Lange, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HAMLINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Macrophage; Membrane progesterone receptor; Non genomic; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 78650513865     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2010.09.006     Document Type: Review

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