Follistatin is essential for normal postnatal development and function of mouse oviduct and uterus

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 985-999

  Holdsworth Carson, S J ^a   Craythorn, R G ^b   Winnall, W R ^a   Dhaliwal, K ^b   Genovese, R ^b   Nowell, C J ^c   Rogers, P A W ^a   De Kretser, D M ^b   Hedger, M P ^b   Girling, J E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

activin A; inflammation; llerian duct; M; myometrium; oestrogen

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLISTATIN; PROGESTERONE; FOLLISTATIN, 288-AMINO ACID ISOFORM;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESSENTIAL GENE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FOLLISTATIN 288 TRANSGENE; FOLLISTATIN 315 TRANSGENE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MOUSE; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY FUNCTION; OVIDUCT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; UTERUS; UTERUS FUNCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOMETRIUM; OVARIECTOMY; OVIDUCTS; UTERUS;

EID: 84940036588     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD13372     Document Type: Article

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