Leptin down-regulates γ-ENaC expression: A novel mechanism involved in low endometrial receptivity

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 228-235.e3

  Lin, Xian Hua ^a   Liu, Miao E ^a   Xu, Hai Yan ^a   Chen, Xue Jun ^c   Wang, Hui ^e   Tian, Shen ^a   Sheng, Jian Zhong ^a,d   Huang, He Feng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Enze Hospital   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Attachment rate; Endometrial receptivity; Leptin; PCOS; ENaC

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GAMMA EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; METFORMIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; STAT3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIAL DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METABOLISM;

ADULT; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LEPTIN; OVERWEIGHT; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84924414137     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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