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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
The expression and localization of fibronectin receptor (integrin), fibronectin, laminin and collagen type IV in the endometrium of the rat uterus during each period of the estrous cycle were investigated by immunofluorescent microscopy. Fibronectin receptor was observed at the epithelial cells of the endometrium and at vascular endothelial cells. At proestrus, when epithelial cells actively migrate, fibronectin receptor was observed at the basal and lateral epithelial cell surfaces. During estrus, fibronectin receptor had begun to disappear, little fibronectin receptor was observed at metestrus or diestrus. No prominent changes in the localization of fibronectin (seen at the vascular endothelial cells and in the stroma) or of laminin and collagen type IV (seen at the muscles and at the basement membranes of the epithelial and vascular endothelial cells) were observed in relation to the estrous cycle. Thus, uterine epithelial cells, like epithelial cells of the healing cornea, increase their expression of fibronectin receptor during active migration, probably facilitating their attachment to stromal fibronectin. This fibronectin-fibronectin receptor mechanism may underlie epithelial repair, whether the defect results from physiological processes or from an insult.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-5564
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
279-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of fibronectin receptor (integrin) in the uterus of rats in relation to the estrous cycle.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article