Uterine epithelial estrogen receptor-α controls decidualization via a paracrine mechanism

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1362-1374

  Pawar, S ^a   Laws, M J ^b   Bagchi, I C ^b   Bagchi, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN E; CYCLIN E1; CYCLIN E2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; IHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; LIF PROTEIN, MOUSE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN PATCHED; PTCH1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; STAT3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STROMA CELL; UTERUS HORN; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MUCOSA; NIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; DECIDUA; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PATCHED RECEPTORS; PATCHED-1 RECEPTOR; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84940777721     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2015-1142     Document Type: Article

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