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Progesterone Resistance

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Steroid Hormone Resistance

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 196))

Abstract

Progesterone is the hormone that, in viviparous animals, prepares the endometrium for blastocyst implantation and allows maintainance of pregnancy. The histological modifications that occur in the endometrium during the secretory phase of the reproductive cycle have been described thoroughly.1 The increasing plasma concentrations of progesterone during the course of gestation suppress uterine prostaglandins and contractility and may contribute to a state of transplantation tolerance that prevents immunologic rejection of the fetus.2,3

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  1. Developmental Endocrinology Branch, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

    George P. Chrousos, David D. Brandon, Masako Tomita, D. Lynn Loriaux & Mortimer B. Lipsett

  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Veterinary Resources Branch, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

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  3. Division of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20205, USA

    Neil J. MacLusky

  4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA

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Chrousos, G.P. et al. (1986). Progesterone Resistance. In: Chrousos, G.P., Loriaux, D.L., Lipsett, M.B. (eds) Steroid Hormone Resistance. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 196. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5101-6_21

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