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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Human endometrium is a glandular epithelial tissue with a substantial underlying stroma. Under the influence of ovarian steroids, endometrium undergoes a cyclical pattern of proliferation followed by secretory differentiation. Since retinoids promote the differentiation of many epithelia to secretory phenotypes they may be involved in controlling the secretory differentiation of human endometrial epithelium. Cytosolic binding proteins for retinol (cellular retinol binding protein) and retinoic acid (cellular retinoic acid binding protein) may play an important part in regulating the availability of retinoic acid to its nuclear receptors and we have therefore asked whether expression of mRNA for these proteins varies in relation to endometrial differentiation. In a series of 54 endometrial biopsies, both endometrial epithelial and stromal cells expressed mRNA for cellular retinol binding protein type I at a constant level throughout the menstrual cycle. Cellular retinoic acid binding protein type II was also expressed but the level of expression varied dramatically, being elevated in the proliferative phase and depressed during the secretory phase of the menstrual cycle in both epithelial and stromal cells. These data suggest that cytosolic binding proteins modulate the supply of retinoic acid to the nuclei of endometrial cells during the menstrual cycle and that retinoic acid is involved in the cyclical control of endometrial differentiation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Primers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RBP1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RBP2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Rbp1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Rbp2 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Retinoic Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Retinol-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Retinol-Binding Proteins, Cellular, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tretinoin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/retinoic acid binding protein I..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/retinoic acid binding protein II...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0268-1161
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:geneSymbol
CRABP I, CRABP II, CRBP I, CRBP II
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1297-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Endometrium, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Menstrual Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Receptors, Retinoic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Retinol-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Retinol-Binding Proteins, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7657783-Tretinoin
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Variation in the expression of cellular retinoid binding proteins in human endometrium throughout the menstrual cycle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't