Effect of progesterone pretreatment on the uptake of estradiol-17 beta by the uterine epithelium of the rat.
Progesterone pretreatment of ovariectomised rats resulted in a moderate (44%) lowering of the level of nuclear estradiol receptors found in the uterine epithelium 2 h after a single injection of this estrogen.
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism; D004958:Estradiol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011374:Progesterone; D004958:Estradiol