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Differential expression of messenger ribonucleic acids encoding insulin-like growth factors and their receptors in human uterine endometrium and decidua.
1 May 1993
Abstract excerpt
During the menstrual cycle, the endometrium undergoes characteristic changes in response to circulating sex steroids. Intense mitotic activity of glands and stroma occurs in the proliferative (estradiol-dominant) phase, and glandular secretion and stromal differentiation in the secretory (progesterone-dominant) phase. The insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) promote cellular growth and differentiation...
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