Expression of epigenetic effectors in decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 451-458

  Grimaldi, Giulia ^a   Christian, Mark ^a   Quenby, Siobhan ^b   Brosens, Jan J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decidualization; DNA methylation; Epigenetics; Histone modifications; Human endometrium

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; GENOMIC DNA; HISTONE; HISTONE BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE MODIFYING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VARIANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DECIDUALIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DECIDUA; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 84865763823     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gas020     Document Type: Article

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