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Proliferative action of the androgen receptor in human uterine myometrial cells--a key regulator for myometrium phenotype programming.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jan 2013
Liu Liangliang, Li Yunqing, Xie Ning, Shynlova Oksana, Challis John R G, Slater Donna, Lye Stephen, Dong Xuesen
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CONTEXT: During pregnancy, the myometrium undergoes a phenotype programming starting from an early proliferative stage, to an intermediate synthetic stage, to a late contractile stage, after which the cells commit to labor. Steroid receptors play important roles in regulating myometrial cell phenotype during pregnancy, although detailed mechanisms are not fully defined. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to...
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