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General Description
• Progesterone is a sex hormone required for suppression of estrogen signaling and is also involved in transcriptional activation
• Progesterone maintains the uterine endothelium and sustains pregnancy through suppression of muscle contractility
Applications
• Progesterone signaling is relevant to the study of breast cancer
Literature References
Kim, O.; Park, E.Y.; Kwon, S.Y.; Shin, S.; Emerson, R.E.; Shin, Y.H.; DeMayo, F.J.; Lydon, J.P.; Coffey, D.M.; Hawkins, S.M.; Quilliam, L.A.; Cheon, D.J.; Fernández, F.M.; Nephew, K.P.; Karpf, A.R.; Widschwendter, M.; Sood, A.K.; Bast, R.C. Jr.; Godwin, A.K.; Miller, K.D.; Cho, C.H.; Kim, J. Targeting progesterone signaling prevents metastatic ovarian cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020, 117(50), 31993-32004.
Jain, V.; McDonald, S.D.; Mundle, W.R.; Farine, D. Guideline No. 398: Progesterone for Prevention of Spontaneous Preterm Birth. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2020, 42(6), 806-812.
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