Krüppel-like Factor 13 deficiency in uterine endometrial cells contributes to defective steroid hormone receptor signaling but not lesion establishment in a mouse model of endometriosis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Heard, Melissa E ^a   Velarde, Michael C ^b,c   Giudice, Linda C ^b   Simmen, Frank A ^a   Simmen, Rosalia C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Estrogen receptor; Kr ppel like factor 9; Kr ppellike factor 13; Mouse model; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN 4; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 13; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 9; MUCIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR C; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A; STEROID RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT2 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; KLF13 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL FLUID; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROMA CELL; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84936952109     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.130260     Document Type: Article

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