Alterations in systemic concentrations of progesterone during the early luteal phase affect RBP4 expression in the bovine uterus

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 715-722

  Mullen, Michael P ^a,b   Forde, Niamh ^b   Parr, Mervyn H ^a,b   Diskin, Michael G ^a   Morris, Dermot G ^a   Nally, Jarlath E ^b   Evans, Alexander C O ^b   Crowe, Mark A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

embryo loss; endometrium; fertility; histotroph

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN 4; PLASMA RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEAL PHASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; CATTLE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROGESTERONE; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS, PLASMA; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84860631283     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD11246     Document Type: Article

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