Prokineticin 1 induces Dickkopf 1 expression and regulates cell proliferation and decidualization in the human endometrium

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 626-636

  Macdonald, Linsay J ^a   Sales, Kurt J ^a   Grant, Vivien ^a   Brown, Pamela ^a   Jabbour, Henry N ^a   Catalano, Rob D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidualization; Dickkopf 1; Endometrium; Prokineticin; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PROGESTERONE; PROKINETICIN I; PROKINETICIN RECEPTOR I; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; DECIDUALIZATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUTEAL PHASE; PLACENTATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR, ENDOCRINE-GLAND-DERIVED;

EID: 80052903802     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gar031     Document Type: Article

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