The Modulation of Androgen Signaling by Steroid Hormones and Mechanical Tension: A Novel Pathway of Labor Initiation

We investigated the gestational expression of androgen receptor (AR) and defined its regulation and that of its co-repressors, PSF and p54nrb, by steroid hormones and myometrial stretch in vivo in pregnant and non-pregnant rats. Our data demonstrate that, 1) myometrial AR expression decreases prior...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Yunqing
Other Authors: Lye, Stephen J.
Language:en_ca
Published: 2011
Subjects:
PSF
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31321