Effects of progesterone treatment on expression of genes involved in uterine quiescence

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 781-797

  Soloff, Melvyn S ^a   Jeng, Yow Jiun ^a   Izban, Michael G ^b   Sinha, Mala ^a   Luxon, Bruce A ^a   Stamnes, Susan J ^c   England, Sarah K ^c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; gene array; myometrium; progesterrone; quantitative PCR; quiescence

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MYOSIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROGESTERONE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS; UTERUS; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 79961033815     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719111398150     Document Type: Article

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