Identification of eight different isoforms of the glucocorticoid receptor in Guinea pig placenta: Relationship to preterm delivery, sex and betamethasone exposure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Saif, Zarqa ^a,b   Dyson, Rebecca M ^c,d,e   Palliser, Hannah K ^c   Wright, Ian M R ^c,d,e   Lu, Nick ^f   Clifton, Vicki L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; GR GENE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLACENTA; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERM BIRTH;

ANIMALS; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX FACTORS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84959019725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148226     Document Type: Article

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