Evidence from a mouse model that epithelial cell migration and mesenchymal-epithelial transition contribute to rapid restoration of uterine tissue integrity during menstruation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Cousins, Fiona L ^a   Murray, Alison ^a   Esnal, Arantza ^a   Gibson, Douglas A ^a   Critchley, Hilary O D ^a   Saunders, Philippa T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CYTOKERATIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; UTERUS; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; STROMAL CELLS; UTERUS;

EID: 84899631447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086378     Document Type: Article

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