LGR4 expressed in uterine epithelium is necessary for uterine gland development and contributes to decidualization in mice

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4917-4928

  Sone, Mizuki ^a   Oyama, Kazunori ^a   Mohri, Yasuaki ^a   Hayashi, Ryotaro ^a   Clevers, Hans ^b   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foxa2; Lif; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

EMFILERMIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PROTEIN LGR4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUALIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; LGR4 GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE GLAND DEVELOPMENT;

FOXA2; LIF; WNT SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DECIDUA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; UTERUS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84890448010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-232215     Document Type: Article

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