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Pregnancy, parturition, and prostaglandins: defining uterine leiomyomas.

Cesen-Cummings K, Copland JA, Barrett JC, Walker CL, Davis BJ.

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Estrogen-induced changes in IGF-I, Myb family and MAP kinase pathway genes in human uterine leiomyoma and normal uterine smooth muscle cell lines.

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Transcriptional analysis of steroid hormone receptors in smooth muscle uterine leiomyoma tumors of postmenopausal patients.

Strissel PL, Swiatek J, Oppelt P, Renner SP, Beckmann MW, Strick R.

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Altered hormonal responsiveness of proliferation and apoptosis during myometrial maturation and the development of uterine leiomyomas in the rat.

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Uterine leiomyomas express myometrial contractile-associated proteins involved in pregnancy-related hormone signaling.

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Integration of endocrine and mechanical signals in the regulation of myometrial functions during pregnancy and labour.

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Classical cadherin and catenin expression in normal myometrial tissues and uterine leiomyomas.

Tai CT, Lin WC, Chang WC, Chiu TH, Chen GT.

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Leiomyoma primary cultures have elevated transcriptional response to estrogen compared with autologous myometrial cultures.

Andersen J, DyReyes VM, Barbieri RL, Coachman DM, Miksicek RJ.

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Aberrant expression of Cyr61, a member of the CCN (CTGF/Cyr61/Cef10/NOVH) family, and dysregulation by 17 beta-estradiol and basic fibroblast growth factor in human uterine leiomyomas.

Sampath D, Zhu Y, Winneker RC, Zhang Z.

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CCNs, fibulin-1C and S100A4 expression in leiomyoma and myometrium: inverse association with TGF-beta and regulation by TGF-beta in leiomyoma and myometrial smooth muscle cells.

Luo X, Ding L, Chegini N.

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DNA microarray data integration by ortholog gene analysis reveals potential molecular mechanisms of estrogen-dependent growth of human uterine fibroids.

Wei T, Geiser AG, Qian HR, Su C, Helvering LM, Kulkarini NH, Shou J, N'Cho M, Bryant HU, Onyia JE.

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Novel method to characterize primary cultures of leiomyoma and myometrium with the use of confirmatory biomarker gene arrays.

Malik M, Catherino WH.

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Novel therapeutic strategies for leiomyomas: targeting growth factors and their receptors.

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Increased expression of Bcl-2 protein in human uterine leiomyoma and its up-regulation by progesterone.

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