Glucocorticoid signaling drives epigenetic and transcription factors to induce key regulators of human parturition

Science Signaling

Volumn 8, Issue 400, 2015, Pages

  Zannas, Anthony S ^a,b   Chrousos, George P ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 1; HYDROCORTISONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN P52; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; DEACETYLATION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84945538234     PISSN: 19450877     EISSN: 19379145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad3022     Document Type: Article

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