Differential expression of Wnt signaling molecules between pre- and postmenopausal endometrial epithelial cells suggests a population of putative epithelial stem/progenitor cells reside in the basalis layer

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2870-2883

  Nguyen, Hong P T ^a,b   Sprung, Carl N ^a   Gargett, Caroline E ^a,b  

^a HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN; AXIN 2; AXIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ADULT; AGED; AXIN PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELLS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84861314080     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1839     Document Type: Article

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