Aberrant expression and regulation of NR2F2 and CTNNB1 in uterine fibroids

Reproduction

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-102

  Zaitseva, Marina ^a   Holdsworth Carson, Sarah J ^a   Waldrip, Luke ^b   Nevzorova, Julia ^a   Martelotto, Luciano ^c   Vollenhoven, Beverley J ^b   Rogers, Peter A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CTNNB1; PROTEIN NR2F2; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYOMETRIUM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UTERUS MYOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BETA CATENIN; BLOOD VESSELS; CELLS, CULTURED; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS; LUTEAL PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRETINOIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84880519916     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-13-0087     Document Type: Article

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