Detecting chemical and biological molecules that indicate diseases is a prerequisite
technology for the efficient diagnoses and treatment of aging and diseases in living …

Objective The goal of this review is to assess the body of literature addressing the
mechanism of progesterone withdrawal in the control of human parturition and in particular …

Progesterone, a key female sex hormone with pleiotropic functions in maintenance of
pregnancy, has profound effects on regulation of immune responses. We report in this work …

Progesterone receptor (PR) mediates the effects of progesterone in mammary tissues and
plays a crucial role in normal breast development and in breast cancer. PR proteins are …

Dynamic measurements of steroid hormones in vivo are critical, but steroid sensing is
currently limited by the availability of specific molecular recognition elements due to the …

While induced F ox P 3+ T cells (i T reg cells) are promising cellular therapeutics to treat
inflammatory diseases, a limitation in utilizing i T reg cells prepared in vitro is their low …

The precise temporal control of uterine contractility is essential for the success of pregnancy.
For most of pregnancy, progesterone acting through genomic and non-genomic …

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of subacute exposure to inhaled benzo
(a) pyrene (BaP) on fetal survival and luteal maintenance using timed-pregnant Fisher 344 …

Progesterone (P4) is cytoprotective in various experimental models, but our understanding
of the mechanisms involved is still incomplete. Our laboratory has implicated brain-derived …

Progesterone is a major factor maintaining uterine quiescence throughout pregnancy. In
most species, peripheral progesterone levels decline before initiation of labor, and …