Endometrial stromal decidualization responds reversibly to hormone stimulation and withdrawal

Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2432-2446

  Yu, Jie ^a   Berga, Sarah L ^a   Johnston MacAnanny, Erika B ^a   Sidell, Neil ^b   Bagchi, Indrani C ^c   Bagchi, Milan K ^c   Taylor, Robert N ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 11; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; VASCULOTROPIN; 18ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PLASTICITY; CELL SHAPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUALIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOMETRIUM CELL; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; STROMA CELL; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DECIDUA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNEXIN 43; DECIDUA; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84974602193     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2015-1942     Document Type: Article

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