Uterine progesterone receptor expression, conceptus development, and ovarian function in pigs treated with RU 486 during early pregnancy

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Mathew, Daniel J ^a   Sellner, Erin M ^a   Green, Jacob C ^a   Okamura, Carol S ^a   Anderson, Lloyd L ^b   Lucy, Matthew C ^a   Geisert, Rodney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptus; Gene regulation; Pig; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MIFEPRISTONE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; RANK LIGAND; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78651490201     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.086843     Document Type: Article

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