Influence of energy balance on the somatotrophic axis and matrix metalloproteinase expression in the endometrium of the postpartum dairy cow

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-281

  Wathes, D Claire ^a   Cheng, Zhangrui ^a   Fenwick, Mark A ^a,d   Fitzpatrick, Richard ^b,e   Patton, Joe ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Production Research Centre   (Ireland)

^c ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Boston Scientific Ireland Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FETUIN A; GELATINASE B; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 4; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L19; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STROMELYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DAIRY CATTLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUERPERIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATTLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UTERUS;

EID: 78951469865     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0177     Document Type: Article

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