Interactions between inflammatory signals and the progesterone receptor in regulating gene expression in pregnant human uterine myocytes

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2487-2503

  Lee, Yun ^a   Sooranna, Suren R ^a   Terzidou, Vasso ^a   Christian, Mark ^a   Brosens, Jan ^a   Huhtinen, Kaisa ^b   Poutanen, Matti ^b   Barton, Geraint ^a   Johnson, Mark R ^a   Bennett, Phillip R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Labour; NF kappaB; Parturition; PR; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MMP10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STROMELYSIN 2;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; UTERUS;

CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 10; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELLS; MYOMETRIUM; NF-KAPPA B; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 84866758045     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2012.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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