Inhibitory effect of progesterone on cervical tissue formation in a three-dimensional culture system with human cervical fibroblasts

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  House, Michael ^a,b   Tadesse Telila, Serkalem ^c   Norwitz, Errol R ^a   Socrate, Simona ^d   Kaplan, David L ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Human; Pregnancy; Preterm birth; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CERVIX; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRETERM BIRTH; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CERVIX UTERI; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84899969349     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.113.112540     Document Type: Article

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