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Regulation of progesterone levels during pregnancy and parturition by signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 and 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Feb 2005
Piekorz Roland P, Gingras Sébastien, Hoffmeyer Angelika, Ihle James N, Weinstein Yacob
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The two highly related signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stats), Stat5a and Stat5b, are major mediators of prolactin signaling in both the mammary gland and in the ovary. Deficiencies in Stat5b, or in both Stat5a and Stat5b, result in loss of pregnancy during midgestation and are correlated with an increase in ovarian 20alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20alpha-HSD) and a decrease in serum...
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