We have used a new monoclonal antibody, designated C-262, directed against the last 14 amino acids of the carboxy-terminus of human progesterone receptors (N.L. Weigel et al., Mol. Endocrinol., 6: 1585-1597, 1992) to analyze progesterone receptor structure. This new antibody recognizes the previously described B-receptors (M(r) 120,000) and the naturally occurring N-terminal truncated A-recepto...

Whereas in most mammals the onset of labor is preceded by a rapid fall in the maternal progesterone levels, in humans and in higher primates, maternal, fetal and amniotic fluid concentrations of progesterone are sustained before the onset of labor. Therefore, the mechanism for parturition, which has been proposed for humans, is 'functional' progesterone withdrawal. This review is focused on the...

Background: Matrix MetalloProteinases (MMPs) degrade extracellular matrix components to provide normal remodeling and contribute to pathological tissue destruction and cell migration in endometriosis. It is accepted that MMPs are resistant to suppression by progesterone in endometriotic tissues. The physiological effects of progesterone are mediated by its two progesterone receptor (PR) isoform...

BACKGROUND It is well known progesterone can have anxiolytic-like effects in animals in a number of different behavioral testing paradigms. Although progesterone is known to influence physiology and behavior by binding to classical intracellular progestin receptors, progesterone's anxiety reducing effects have solely been attributed to its rapid non-genomic effects at the GABA A receptor. This ...

Mouse hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies against rabbit uterine progesterone receptor (PR) have been prepared. Several of these immunoglobulins exhibited high affinity towards human progesterone receptor and two (LET 126 and LET 64) were selected as giving the best immunoperoxidase staining of human progesterone target organs. Using the indirect peroxidase-antiperoxidase method of Stern...

background : this study assesses the expressions of estrogen and progesterone receptors in endometrioid carcinomas of the endometrium and their association with established clinicopathological prognostic parameters. methods : we reviewed the pathology and medical records from 45 cases of endometrioid endometrial carcinomas that were seen from 2006 to 2011 for relevant clinical and histological ...

background: to attain whether the effects of low and high doses of estrogen progesterone luteinizing hormone (lh) and follicle stimulating hormone (fsh) in acute and chronic administration were related to oxidant and antioxidant parameters in rat uterine tissue as well as cyclooxygenase-1 (cox-1) activity. materials and methods: acute and chronic administration of estrogen (1 and 5 mg/ kg) prog...

CONFIRM anti-Progesterone Receptor (PR) (1E2) Rabbit Monoclonal (IgG) is intended for laboratory use for the qualitative detection of progesterone receptor (PR) antigen in sections of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue on a VENTANA automated slide stainer with VENTANA detection kits and ancillary reagents. CONFIRM antiPR (1E2) is directed against an epitope present on human progesterone r...

BACKGROUND Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) plays crucial roles in uterine leiomyoma cell growth through stimulating proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis. The present study was conducted to elucidate whether progesterone affects IGF-I and its receptor expression in cultured leiomyoma cells. METHODS Isolated leiomyoma cells were subcultured in Phenol Red-free Dulbecco's modified Eagle's ...

Due to high binding affinity of progesterone to the human mineralocorticoid receptor (hMR), progesterone competes with the natural ligand aldosterone. In order to analyse how homeostasis can be maintained by mineralocorticoid function of aldosterone at the MR, especially in the presence of elevated progesterone concentrations during the luteal phase and pregnancy, we investigated protective mec...