Human endometrial DNA methylome is cycle- dependent and is associated with gene expression regulation

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1118-1135

  Houshdaran, Sahar ^a   Zelenko, Zara ^a   Irwin, Juan C ^a   Giudice, Linda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; DDR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MMP26 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MPP7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUCIN 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RUNX3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLISM; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 3 SUBUNIT; CPG ISLANDS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES, SECRETED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCIN-1; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STROMAL CELLS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84903631403     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2013-1340     Document Type: Article

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