Mechanisms of endometrial progesterone resistance

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 208-215

  Al Sabbagh, Marwa ^a   Lam, Eric W F ^a   Brosens, Jan J ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Coregulator; Endometriosis; Endometrium; Epigenetics; Menstruation; Posttranslational modification; Progesterone receptor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COREPRESSOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR B; SILENCING MEDIATOR OF RETINOID AND THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; SUMO PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA10;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMATIN; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DECIDUALIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RESISTANCE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84861526393     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.10.035     Document Type: Review

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