Endometrial expression and secretion of activin A, but not follistatin, increase in the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle
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- 作者：Florio ; Pasquale ; Severi ; Filiberto M. ; Luisi ; Stefano ; Ciarmela ; Pasquapina ; Calonaci ; Giulia ; et. al.
- 关键词：Inhibin ; follicular phase ; luteal phase ; ultrasound ; endometrial thickness
- 刊名：Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation
- 出版年：2003
- 出版时间：May, 2003
- 年：2003
- 卷：10
- 期：4
- 页码：237-243
- 全文大小：381 K
文摘
Activin A is a growth factor expressed by human endometrium, and its biologic effects are counteracted by follistatin. We evaluate whether activin A and follistatin mRNA and peptide expression as well as protein secretion from human endometrium change throughout the menstrual cycle.